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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] momijizukamori 2024-09-07 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)

PNG is prooobably fine? that guide probably hasn't been touched in over a decade lmao (and if it comes to it, I have the power of ImageMagick, heh)

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[personal profile] soc_puppet 2024-09-07 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I figured that was probably the case, on both counts 😂 Being pretty sure the guide hadn't been updated recently is actually part of why I thought PNG might be fine now. The internet has changed a good bit since then, not least how ninety percent of everything is run on Chrome these days 🙄

Anyway, I jumped the gun and sent everything in last night as PNGs, because I'm impatient, and also still super stoked at the mere thought of contributing artistically to one of my favorite places on the internet, so I hope everything goes well!