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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2024-09-04 05:09 pm

Offsite status page

We've been looking for an alternative to Twitter (excuse me, "X") for our offsite status announcements of the "shit's fucked enough that the site won't load; we're working on it" variety, and have finally settled on Bluesky as the correct choice for that purpose! If you are a Bluesky user, please follow https://bsky.app/profile/dreamwidth.org; if you aren't a Bluesky user, please bookmark that page.

(Side note because I know people are going to ask: yes, we'd like to add Bluesky (and Mastodon) to the username shortcuts, but the way they construct usernames and profiles is complicated enough that we have to give it some extra thought on how we're going to be able to do it!)
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[personal profile] groovesinorbit 2024-09-05 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't find picking an instance to be a problem. I'm still with the instance I started with almost two years ago, but it's a pretty tiny one and well-moderated. Other folks I know have had to move around, but their moves seem to have gone pretty easily.