While I'm pondering the LJ situation, and why DW is not the best solution for me, it occurred to me that I could start up my own fan-oriented network. Not the easiest thing, but not impossible either, I hope.
The question is - if there was such a thing, would people move over? Or more specifically for me, would you move over to a new network if there was something better, even if you just spent a lot of effort moving to DW?
What do you feel is missing in the current networks?
My main ideas (besides an easy to use interface and editor that doesn't drive you mad):
1. Besides blogs and communities, there will be worlds (ie, fandom portals), to create an ecosystem around a fandom. A community or specific post could link to a certain world, and be visible on its feed/site
2. Share any content, with no need to double post to AO3 and other fandom sites.
3. Post to multiple blogs or communities and still retain ownership of the post and comments.
4. Extensive search options
5. Ability to mark fanworks as such, and mark suspected plagiarism as such
6. Community/blog events - Watch (or read etc) together, either live or offline, one-time or recurring