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  • Sep. 16th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
crypto: actor glynn turman (glynn turman)
I've been crossposting to LiveJournal and Dreamwidth for a few months now, and haven't figured out what, if anything, to do with the comments.

Dreamwidth now allows you to insert a link in the LJ post to its DW version, complete with number of comments posted on DW, but unfortunately it's not reciprocal. Alternately I could disable comments on one site and steer them to the other, to centralize discussion.

This isn't an issue with most of my posts, so I've put off doing anything about it, but occasionally I'll post something where a discussion emerges on one or both sites. I've found myself in replies referring people to a comment thread on the other site a few times recently.

Looking through my last few months of posts, and counting only those which have at least 10 comments on at least one site (though usually about half of them would be my replies), comments on Dreamwidth version edged out comments on LiveJournal by about a 5 to 4 margin (454 to 369). Though I'd guess that if I went through those same posts and tallied up number of commenters (anyone who's commented at least once), LiveJournal would come out ahead.

So should I do anything differently?

Poll #1274 Comment preferences
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22

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Should I centralize comments on DW and disable them on LJ?

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Sure, works for me
15 (68.2%)

No, please don't - I prefer to comment on LJ
1 (4.5%)

But why? Two discussions are better than one!
2 (9.1%)

Text - such a primitive interface! I do my commenting via telepathy.
0 (0.0%)

I care more about convenient links to the crossposted entry -- can you get on that?
4 (18.2%)

If you're crossposting, what's your experience been with comments?

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I centralize on one site, and have no regrets
9 (47.4%)

I centralize on one site, and I'm paying the price in less discussions
0 (0.0%)

I cross-link the DW post in the LJ entry, and it's been a positive experience
1 (5.3%)

I cross-link, but mainly for my own convenience - I'm not sure anyone else cares
4 (21.1%)

I don't cross-link or centralize. I do however recycle and watch my cholesterol.
5 (26.3%)



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dkompare: (Default)
[personal profile] dkompare wrote:
Sep. 16th, 2009 05:49 pm (UTC)
Send 'em over here. Life's too short to bounce back and forth around too many sites.
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crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 16th, 2009 07:15 pm (UTC)
Didn't I see you on Twitter recently? :)
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dkompare: (Default)
[personal profile] dkompare wrote:
Sep. 16th, 2009 08:00 pm (UTC)
Yes, and that confirms my point! We already use distinct sites and interact with distinct people. To use both LJ and DW seems redundant, since you're posting the same content in both places. I also have a similar issue with folks who duplicate their status updates in Twitter and FB.
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crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 16th, 2009 09:47 pm (UTC)
Yeah, it's definitely inefficient. I'm hoping the cross-posting is a temporary transitional phase over all, but there's a case to be made about the inherent risks of a community centralizing on any single platform, vs. maintaining some redundancy through dispersal and duplication.
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