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annapurna_2

So does this mean...?

Jul 01, 2011 02:32

I finally imported my LJ to Dreamwidth, including my friends list. I think that means my LJ friends are automatically given access to my Dreamwidth account, correct? (Assuming they go to Dreamwidth to read it ( Read more... )

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slaymesoftly July 1 2011, 12:18:48 UTC

I'm still trying to figure out how the "manage circle" thing is supposed to work. There are things about DW that I find very puzzling...

annapurna_2 July 3 2011, 02:08:55 UTC

So happy I'm not the only one! Confusion loves company, you know. ;-)

rahirah July 1 2011, 14:11:19 UTC

It's not quite automatic - I think if someone has a different user name on DW than they do on LJ, or if they don't have a DW account at all, they won't cross over. So you may need to hunt some people up. I never imported my LJ flist, since 3/4th of it is dead or inactive journals or people who have moved on to some other fandom, so I'm not totally certain about the details.

rahirah July 1 2011, 14:21:40 UTC

OK, looks what it does is create OpenID accounts for everyone on your flist. Those are cross-platform accounts that will let someone who doesn't have a proper DW account make logged in comments or see locked content on your journal, etc ( ... )

annapurna_2 July 3 2011, 02:15:17 UTC

Okay, that totally clears it up for me. Thank you!

It's pretty much the conclusion I finally reached, except for the part about the OpenId accounts and whether I needed to subscribe to those or not. So now I know...not! Heh.

As usual, my dear, you rock.

cordykitten July 1 2011, 20:01:26 UTC

*nods* @ open ID accounts. You need to find the 'real' DW accounts and friend them. (No need to delete the Open-ID Accounts though.

annapurna_2 July 3 2011, 02:19:31 UTC

Got it. Thanks!

You always know the technical stuff forwards and backwards. I guess I was just hoping it would be quick and easy without having to hunt down the DW accounts. Sometimes I just like to take the lazy way out. ;-)

cordykitten July 3 2011, 12:49:07 UTC

You're welcome! In this case - it's a been there, done that.
I have something in my entries, first made for greatest journal to add people via the admin console, that adds friends with the same name on LJ with some work. But you could end up friending people that aren't the same on LJ.

When checking out the entry where I had the info, I've found something for DW:

https://filmgold.com/lj-friends-on-dw/

Quote:
Enter a LiveJournal username to check. This will fetch a list of your LiveJournal friends, and will then check to see if Dreamwidth accounts with the same names exist. (Note: even if a Dreamwidth username exists, it is not necessarily the same person as the LiveJournal username!Found you now and added you. And it seems I haven't friended everyone I have at LJ either, have to check myself ( ... )

annapurna_2 July 12 2011, 02:52:58 UTC

I'm late in replying, but I'll check into this as soon as I get a chance. Thank you again! :-)