Basically, LJ fucked us over in the past. And despite things seeming to be better now, it's one of those "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice..." things. DW is friendlier. When a censorship group reported that DW allows for potentially pornographic content to their payment processor (PayPal), they refused to delete said content, switched to somewhere that didn't require them to censor said content, and, in the meanwhile, took the financial loss.
I don't know much about the technical side of things, but they're actually developing the code (expandable cut-tags) and make available useful options (style=mine is a handy button for everyone, not only paid users). I prefer the circles/gives access to a million times over "friends" too. The people working on it are approachable and helpful and keep us informed.
I'm not trying to convince anyone to move (I kinda gave up on that, honestly) and I won't stop crossposting myself because the level of activity and interaction here is really low and I like comments on my fic just as much as anyone. But yeah, there are good reasons to like DW and if DDoS attacks on LJ are going to become a regular thing, that's one more.
Re: Day 4 of outtage and DW science
Basically, LJ fucked us over in the past. And despite things seeming to be better now, it's one of those "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice..." things. DW is friendlier. When a censorship group reported that DW allows for potentially pornographic content to their payment processor (PayPal), they refused to delete said content, switched to somewhere that didn't require them to censor said content, and, in the meanwhile, took the financial loss.
I don't know much about the technical side of things, but they're actually developing the code (expandable cut-tags) and make available useful options (style=mine is a handy button for everyone, not only paid users). I prefer the circles/gives access to a million times over "friends" too. The people working on it are approachable and helpful and keep us informed.
I'm not trying to convince anyone to move (I kinda gave up on that, honestly) and I won't stop crossposting myself because the level of activity and interaction here is really low and I like comments on my fic just as much as anyone. But yeah, there are good reasons to like DW and if DDoS attacks on LJ are going to become a regular thing, that's one more.