Paid Account

[prixmium]

My good friend beamu_97 caved to pressure and got a dreamwidth account a few weeks ago. So far, she has only used it a couple of times, but I am trying to persuade her that this form of blogging would be a good sometimes-alternative to the exhaustion that comes with twitter-style social media. Anyway, she knows that I have been hemhawing about whether or not to get a paid account here for some time, so for Christmas she bought me enough kofis to cover the cost of a paid account, so I bought one today!

I just hope that I actually continue to use my account enough to make it feel like a justified expense. It is, at least, encouraging on the icon-making/collecting front.

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[mxcatmoon]

Icons are very important. ;) That's why I got a paid account. I love my icons, and need one for every show I write about. Plus the holidays, seasons, my kitty...

[prixmium]

Very true, though I am finding it a lot more difficult than I recall it being on LJ to fill up the slots.

Dreamwidth

[oldtoadwoman]

I got a paid account in the spirit of supporting a site that's not letting advertising dollars make all the decisions. I didn't think I'd actually use all of those icon slots… and then I ::poof:: All The Icons! (Turns out making icons is as much fun as having a lot of icons.)

EDIT: Oh, also, I recommend pointing her at snowflake_challenge when it starts in January and sunshine_challenge in July. It's a good way to find more people online with similar interests. It's hard to adapt to a new platform when you haven't connected to more than one or two people.

Re: Dreamwidth

[prixmium]

I did do bits of both of those challenges. I think I will try to do them again, but we'll see!