Dear Dreamwidth Noob,
Apr. 27th, 2025 10:11 amHello, and welcome to Dreamwidth! Even if you're not new-new, there may be something new to you in the resources I'm about to provide.
What exactly is Dreamwidth? You should try reading this (requires familiarity with LiveJournal) or this (wtf is LiveJournal?), because it explains Dreamwidth better than I ever could. You should read the FAQ sometime too.
I really want to emphasize that this is a blogging platform, not microblogging. What this means above all else is that there's no character limit. Type to your heart's content! What this doesn't mean is you have to write long entries or else everyone will point and laugh or throw tomatoes at you. If you want to use it to write short, quick things multiple times a day, you are entirely free to do so! Just know that you're not being restrained by a character limit here. If you ever find yourself in trouble, you won't have to struggle to try to explain yourself while being unable to easily expand on your thoughts, nor deal with parts of a thread being taken out of context.
As for how-tos and tips: firstly, I have many helpful entries in my memories. I recommend checking at least the first two out before anything else.
Here are some communities to start out with. You should look around, scope the scene, see if they have more helpful links and stuff:
And here's my original advice:
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What exactly is Dreamwidth? You should try reading this (requires familiarity with LiveJournal) or this (wtf is LiveJournal?), because it explains Dreamwidth better than I ever could. You should read the FAQ sometime too.
I really want to emphasize that this is a blogging platform, not microblogging. What this means above all else is that there's no character limit. Type to your heart's content! What this doesn't mean is you have to write long entries or else everyone will point and laugh or throw tomatoes at you. If you want to use it to write short, quick things multiple times a day, you are entirely free to do so! Just know that you're not being restrained by a character limit here. If you ever find yourself in trouble, you won't have to struggle to try to explain yourself while being unable to easily expand on your thoughts, nor deal with parts of a thread being taken out of context.
As for how-tos and tips: firstly, I have many helpful entries in my memories. I recommend checking at least the first two out before anything else.
Here are some communities to start out with. You should look around, scope the scene, see if they have more helpful links and stuff:
And here's my original advice: