Interests limit

[vampwillow]

I'm presuming that there is a limit to the number of 'interests' someone may list on their profile page. Thing is, no FAQ or other page I can find states what it is.

Maybe it should somewhere?

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A thought on rewriting interests....

[kyrielle]

[This is just a draft attempt to reduce 'interests' in the whole faq while keeping clarity. YMMV. Removal of links not intended, my copy and paste just stripped them and I was too lazy to put them back. Hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, I just had a few moments and figured if I was going to comment at all, perhaps I ought to try to be helpful in fixing it.]

What are interests?

The things you list under "Interests" on your Profile Page are a way to find others on Dreamwidth who are interested in the same things you are. Listing something in this section not only makes it appear on your Profile Page, it also lets others find your journal when they do a search for other people interested in that term. That's why instead of just listing "music", you might list "Italian Opera" or "New Wave Punk" or "Wagner" or "Metallica". The more specific you are, the more likely it is that other people who share your interest will be able to find you.

While we've removed the word count limit for interests, each one can only be 50 characters long, and the maximum number of interests is 150.

You can search for journals or communities by interest, or edit your interests based on someone else's list, by going to the Interests page.

You might also like to take a look at the most popular interests other people have listed on Dreamwidth.

If you change your mind about what you've listed as your interests, it's easy to add or remove them from your Profile Page by editing your profile. "Edit Profile" is also available as a pull-down selection from the "Create" Menu on any of the site-schemed pages.

Re: A thought on rewriting interests....

[ivorygates]

Offering to help is *never* stepping on toes 4rlz! Let me make sure Our Great And Terrible Queen (aka rho) gets a look at this whole thread before I make any changes....

Re: A thought on rewriting interests....

[kyrielle]

:) Yay! I really wanted to get rid of "interested" in the first sentence too, but I couldn't come up with a good alternate phrasing.

Re: A thought on rewriting interests....

[ivorygates]

I considered and rejected "obsessed with".... ;)