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| + | == All users == | ||
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| + | === Latest posts page === | ||
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| + | The [http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest Latest Things] page shows the latest public posts made on Dreamwidth. | ||
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| + | === Follow Friday === | ||
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| + | Some people participate in a tradition originating from Twitter where on Fridays they recommend. You can find recommendations in this community: | ||
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| + | <dwcomm>followfriday</dwcomm> | ||
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| + | Or on the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest?feed=followfriday Follow Friday tag on the latest page]. | ||
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| + | === Interest search === | ||
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| + | You can browse people with a given interest using the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/interests interest] page, which orders results by the users who have most recently updated. | ||
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| + | === Community search === | ||
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| + | You can use the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/community/search Community Search] page to find communities with certain characteristics, ordered by the most recently updated. | ||
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| + | === Directory Search === | ||
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| + | You can use the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/directorysearch Directory Search] page to find users with certain characteristics, ordered by the most recently updated. | ||
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| + | === Site wide search === | ||
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| + | You can use the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/search Site Search] page to search publicly available posts from users on Dreamwidth for a given term. | ||
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| + | === Community promo === | ||
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| + | In the <dwcomm>dw_community_promo</dwcomm>, people promote communities on Dreamwidth that they would like people to join and be active in. | ||
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| + | === Random journals and communities === | ||
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| + | Dreamwidth has pages that will forward you to a random active journal or community on the service: | ||
* [http://www.dreamwidth.org/random Random Journal] | * [http://www.dreamwidth.org/random Random Journal] | ||
* [http://www.dreamwidth.org/community/random Random Community] | * [http://www.dreamwidth.org/community/random Random Community] | ||
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== Paid users == | == Paid users == | ||
| − | + | The following features, due to the resources they take up on the server, are only available to paid users. | |
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| − | + | === Network page === | |
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| + | Your network page is like your reading page, except instead of journals, communities, and feeds you're subscribing to, it shows you the journals, communities, and feeds your circle subscribes to. While it's available in many styles in the navigation links, you can find it at: | ||
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| + | http://YOURUSERNAME.dreamwidth.org/network | ||
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| + | You can filter it to only show personal journals, communities, or feeds using the nav strip. | ||
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| + | === Similar interests === | ||
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| + | Find people with interests similar to you or someone else on the [http://www.dreamwidth.org/interests interest page] -- find the part that says "Find people or communities with interests similar to those of:", and enter the username you wish to find people with similar interests for. | ||
| − | == | + | === Popular with your circle === |
| − | + | The [http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/popsubscriptions popular with circle] page will show you journals, communities, and feeds that are popular with your circle. You can specify which aspect of your circle to use for this--subscriptions, access, or a combination of both. | |
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[[Category: Dreamwidth.org]] | [[Category: Dreamwidth.org]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:57, 29 October 2023
Contents
All users
Latest posts page
The Latest Things page shows the latest public posts made on Dreamwidth.
Follow Friday
Some people participate in a tradition originating from Twitter where on Fridays they recommend. You can find recommendations in this community:
Or on the Follow Friday tag on the latest page.
Interest search
You can browse people with a given interest using the interest page, which orders results by the users who have most recently updated.
Community search
You can use the Community Search page to find communities with certain characteristics, ordered by the most recently updated.
Directory Search
You can use the Directory Search page to find users with certain characteristics, ordered by the most recently updated.
Site wide search
You can use the Site Search page to search publicly available posts from users on Dreamwidth for a given term.
Community promo
In the ![[info]](http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/extensions/LJ/images//dw/user.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promo, people promote communities on Dreamwidth that they would like people to join and be active in.
Random journals and communities
Dreamwidth has pages that will forward you to a random active journal or community on the service:
Paid users
The following features, due to the resources they take up on the server, are only available to paid users.
Network page
Your network page is like your reading page, except instead of journals, communities, and feeds you're subscribing to, it shows you the journals, communities, and feeds your circle subscribes to. While it's available in many styles in the navigation links, you can find it at:
http://YOURUSERNAME.dreamwidth.org/network
You can filter it to only show personal journals, communities, or feeds using the nav strip.
Similar interests
Find people with interests similar to you or someone else on the interest page -- find the part that says "Find people or communities with interests similar to those of:", and enter the username you wish to find people with similar interests for.
Popular with your circle
The popular with circle page will show you journals, communities, and feeds that are popular with your circle. You can specify which aspect of your circle to use for this--subscriptions, access, or a combination of both.
