OD vs. Rescue Diary
I’m not sure what the other diary site is called — I bookmarked it, I know, but can’t find it and naturally, can’t bring it to mind. I’m beginning to lose faith that OD will ever be ‘fixed’ with a viable help desk and trouble-free operation. I think about moving to another diary site and I would only do that if EVERYONE on my Favorites list would move with me. LOL Is this even possible? Do we just pick a future date and collectively say, "This is the end. We’re moving to ‘such & such’ site and will carry on from there? I quit printing out my diary entries and have shredded all of the ones I did print out. I reached a point where I truly didn’t think my kids would ever want to read my daily dribble. Now I regret that I did that. :/ I WILL go in and copy all of my entries and back them up to a flashdrive. My thoughts and experiences are important to me, if not to anyone I leave behind when I’m finished with this life.
I’m tired of having to log in when I’ve clicked on the "Keep me logged in." button. I’m tired of OD not saving entries or notes. We pay (I know, not much, but we pay) for a service and it should be relatively trouble-free. Open Diary isn’t anything approaching trouble-free.
Off my soapbox. I have a Diabetes Support meeting to go to. Neuropathy is the topic of the day. Should be very interesting. Be safe, be well and please be happy. Know that we are all blessed in this life. We have so much to be thankful for (even with my griping, I feel contentment with my live and love for my friends here on OD.)
Saw this entry, read it (I agree with you about the frailties of OD), and saw the ‘train’ connection! 🙂 I’m a member of TrainOrders.com and live in Colorado’s San Luis Valley where railroading is a *huge* part of the local history. Regards…
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What you do is what I do. Leave this up and running. Find a platform you like, and start posting there. Blogger or WordPress are the two easiest to use. I post my blog here then copy it to my Postcards site on Blogger. Now I have as many friends out there in the ungated world as here. 🙂 Nuropathy and it’s side effects are a drag. 🙂
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I have a wordpress blog, but I don’t find that the “community” feeling is there like it is here. I do get upset with the help desk not working and little response to pleas for help. We pay for service, and we’re not getting it, which annoys me. The thing is, I have so many connections here I don’t want to leave. At least many of them are also on Facebook, but it’s not the same.
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Are you thinking of Lifeboat, which someone here supports (only for when OD is gone).
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Thank you for reminding me to back-up my entries. I haven’t done that for a while and I definitely want to save those since Jan 2nd.
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I received one, once when OD had been down for days. If I understand correctly, you would only be contacted if OD were down for good. Only then would it be activated – if the person sponsoring/doing it were still around and able. I don’t remember who it is, but perhaps I can find that old email message.
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I don’t think OD is any worse than it ever was. I don’t think of it as a paid service, but as a community that I belong to.
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I would really love it if the bugs were ironed out, but I’m happy to pay so long as it keeps the site up and running. I believe Bruce when he says that it’s not generating profit so I don’t blame him for not dedicating time to it. But I wish he would allow more people to come in as volunteers to support the community. People are willing to put in the effort! This community has grown for so many years and means so much to so many. It will be a very dark day in my world if OD ever goes offline.
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