dreamwidth primer!

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i never thought there'd be a day where i'd write up a primer on HOW TO USE DREAMWIDTH on the actual site itself but i realized that there are some things that aren't as intuitive for people who've never used livejournal before...? hopefully this post will clear up confusion regarding dreamwidth and encourage people to start dreamwidth shitposting <33

if you're interested in learning more about dreamwidth html/css, please check out girlrock's post on the topic here. 

disclaimer: i'm not an expert at using dreamwidth myself, and this post is by no means comprehensive.
( hopefully this is informative idk )