Site tour

[denise]

So, sophie and I are sitting down to work out what the site tour should consist of (bug 209) and I thought I'd open it up to dw_docs -- what kind of things do you think should be highlighted in the tour?

This should not be a "what's different from LJ" -- it should be a feature-based "what makes us a good place to be". (We'll do a "switching from LJ or other LJ-based site" Guide, as well as a "switching from Wordpress", from TypePad, etc, etc, all as separate documentation.) It can reference our ideological differences, but for this part of it I want to concentrate on features.

Comments

[damned_colonial]

The main thing I would like to see in this guide would be "how is DW different from blogging, or from facebook?"

From my experience on LJ, the fundamental difference is that everyone in your circle is both a journaller and a commenter, which differs from blogs where people are either the host/blogger, or a commenter on the site. There's a sense of equality and reciprocality: I share my life/work/writing/creative works with you, you share yours with me, and we comment on each other's stuff as equals.

[forthwritten]

"how is DW different from blogging, or from facebook?"

I like this approach - so things like threaded comments, reciprocality and communities. I think emphasising the kind of control you have over your account is also something to emphasise - for example, the ability to lock or custom filter content.

[damned_colonial]

Yes, absolutely. Circles of friends, sharing, not sharing.