101 Ways to Help Dreamwidth Grow

This page is about how to help Dreamwidth grow and thrive, without volunteering.

Your journal

 * Customize your journal's style, even if it's nothing more than customizing your colors. Look at a place like ColourLovers for inspiration if needed.  You can also find something you like in dreamwidthlayouts or mintyapple.
 * Fill out your profile's bio.
 * Fill out your profile's interests.
 * Make a post to your journal.
 * Respond to a comment made in your journal.
 * Know your journal's capabilities! Read the FAQs.

Your circle

 * Read your reading page.
 * Comment on a post on your reading page.
 * Respond to someone's comment on a post on your reading page.
 * Find someone interesting and subscribe to them.
 * Answer someone's technical question if you know the answer, or direct them to Support if you don't.

Outreach

 * Give out an invite to someone who asks.
 * Offer an invite to a friend.
 * Give out an invite on dw_codesharing.
 * Give out an invite on Twitter.

Participating

 * Find a community around a topic of your interest, and join it and subscribe to it.
 * Make a post to a community you are a member of.
 * Comment on a post made to a community you are a member of.
 * Watch dw_community_promo for new communities you might like.

Creating

 * Create a community that you think fills a need or interest.
 * Make an appropriate icon for your community.
 * Customize your community's style. You can just fiddle with the colors or find something you like in dreamwidthlayouts or mintyapple.
 * Fill out your community's bio.
 * Fill out your community's interests.
 * Post about your community on dw_community_promo.

Feedback

 * Vote on suggestions in dw_suggestions.
 * Make a suggestion to dw_suggestions.
 * Send a cool report to dw_coolhunters.

Funding

 * Buy a paid account for yourself.
 * Buy a paid account for someone in your circle.
 * Sponsor a random user.

Paid User

 * Post a poll.
 * Read your network page.
 * Make a comment to a post on your network page. (Might want to say where you came from!)
 * Make a custom mood theme for your journal.