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2025-02-16T11:40:54Z

I am on Bluesky and sometimes I go look at denise 's feed there.

I remembered that a few years ago she had noticed that Tumblr had a particular job opening, and had speculated about what a person in that role might want to do with the platform.

https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3libfgunrhc2q

https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3libfqau4rk2q

I had not realized that she had applied for that job, and that she had done so partly because she is "very bored."

This feels like information other people who use Dreamwidth might like to know. I had not previously understood that the chief executive of this platform is bored with her current job, and that provides me with a perspective I'm a little uncomfortable with.

EDITED 17 FEB TO SAY (as I said below in a comment): I screwed up here. Yeah. I’ll write about my screw-up at more length later, but I want to at least note here that yeah, I really didn't go about this in a way that foregrounded "I have concerns but I want to share them in a way that is overall supportive of the site".

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Dreamwidth is working on two-factor auth

2023-01-02T20:33:16Z

~~Dreamwidth has now added two-factor authentication, though~~ ~~the FAQ doesn't mention it yet~~. [see January 3rd edit below]

You can go to "Account Settings" and check under the "Account" tab -- under "Password" is "Two-Factor Authentication".

Dreamwidth's 2FA implementation, as with most sites, depends on you having one of those standard apps on your phone or computer that generates one-time 6-digit passcodes, like Google Authenticator or Authy. (The jargon for this is TOTP: Time-based one-time passwords.) Once you do the setup and turn on 2FA in your Dreamwidth account, then your login is more secure, because having your password isn't enough to let someone log in to your account -- they also have to have access to your computer or phone.

Since it's not in the FAQ and wasn't mentioned in any of the recent code tours I think this feature might be in beta. I am subscribed to a GitHub issue where I might learn more.

EDITED A FEW HOURS LATER TO ADD: I just tried logging out and in again and the site didn't demand a 2FA code. So I don't know whether this feature actually works right now.

EDITED 3 JANUARY TO CHANGE TITLE: Changed the title of this post from "Dreamwidth has two-factor auth now (in beta?)" to "Dreamwidth is working on two-factor auth". Per this GitHub comment, the 2FA feature is not yet actually functional.

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Dreamwidth is working on two-factor auth