Now taking tutorial requests

[soc_puppet]

If there's a subject about Dreamwidth in general or how it compares to Tumblr that you'd like me to cover, reply to this post and I'll see if I can get to it! If it's something I'm not prepared to cover myself, I'll say so, and hopefully someone else can pop in with resources.

I've got a hellaciously busy weekend ahead of me (Easter weekend in the food industry, and we do an Easter Sunday buffet special), so I likely won't be getting to any before Monday at the absolute earliest. That said, knowing if people have requests might give me something to mull over while I'm working.

Tutorials I'm already planning on:

Cut tags, Dreamwidth's superior equivalent to Tumblr's "Read More"

The basics of icons, Dreamwidth's userpics/PFPs/avatars/what-have-you

Image hosting and sharing on Dreamwidth

If you have any requests, comment on this post or send me a direct message and I'll see what I can do 👍


Update: Thank you, everyone, for the questions and suggestions! I'm posting a quick list of what I've gotten so far, but feel free to keep asking if you don't see what you want to know listed here already. (I also did my best to provide some quick answers to the questions/topics at the posts where they were asked, so go check the comment section if you want to know some of this ASAP.)

Tutorial requests from newcomers:

How communities work (special request for clearing up 'subscribe' vs 'join')

The Latest Things Page

How to make friends and find things to do (prototype post)

What about reblogs, anyway?

Does Dreamwidth have an equivalent to Asks?

What exactly is a "circle"?

Tutorial requests from the_great_tumblr_purge:

Seriously though, what about reblogs?

General Dreamwith etiquette

How subscribing and granting access works

A general Q&A/quick answers post

Comments

[glitteringstars]

I can see understanding how DW tagging being a bit of a sticking point. I've seen at least some mentions on tumblr's tagging etiquette being different, but a dedicated understanding the nuanced way it works could definitely help.

There is stuff on DW vs Tumblr community building, but understanding on how to share cool posts others have made would also be neat since reblogging was so important to Tumblr's identity. There isn't a great one-to-one on it, but still knowing how to go about that would still be pretty neat!

[cyare]

This is not urgent nor a priority, but it's been on my mind so might as well ask: a post on DW's etiquette. For example, is it better to drop someone a comment in their sticky post before subscribing to them? My first instinct was indeed creating a sticky post on my own journal, why do we do that? How do people use/fill their profile? Is it polite to just randomly comment on a post if you've never interacted with someone? What about sending a PM? The implicit encouragement to credit icons instead of just saying you found it on the internet, the approach to image descriptions in the alt text, the different ways people subscribe/grant access, etc.

Is it too broad of a topic? My main thought is that DW is a blogging site, not a social media site, but is there anything that would be considered a faux pas in the community?