Comments | fub: Cross-posting still works for me

fub

Cross-posting still works for me

Feb 13, 2022 21:28

I’ve seen reports that cross-posting from Dreamwidth to LiveJournal did not work anymore. My blog runs on WordPress on my own site, but I cross-post everything to my LiveJournal. I had not written an entry since I’ve seen those reports, so I did not know whether it would still work - but the entries still go up. So it’s not the API itself that was ( Read more... )

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luna_puella February 13 2022, 21:31:23 UTC

Yes, Dreamwidth has mentioned that it's their IP (or equivalent, not sure about the technicalities) that is specifically blocked. It used to happen by accident and get solved when DW contacted LJ but now LJ is apparently just not responding anymore.

andrewducker February 15 2022, 14:53:22 UTC

I think this defintely hurts them.

fub February 16 2022, 18:25:43 UTC

Yeah, I now have to go to DW to read specific journals that used to cross-post. LJ is just giving that engagement away.

andrewducker February 17 2022, 10:52:12 UTC

Come to the dark side :-)

fub February 18 2022, 09:33:04 UTC

I do have a DW account, but I'm not sure I want to cross-post to two sites now...