Fewer than 21 Dreamwidth questions

I've seen a lot of posts referencing this meme, but I was never going to get around to posting every day, and there are questions I can't, or don't want to, answer. So here's a selection:

1. Why did you sign up for Dreamwidth?

To quote a post I made when I started,

I need a better way of keeping track of the conversation.

Meanwhile, the people I've started reading were waxing enthusiastic about Dreamwidth. I followed links.
The diversity statement. (Shinyyyyyyy)
Essays about why advertising on social media is doomed, plus a business plan for making the site profitable without third-party advertising. (Oo! Oo! I want! ... AdBlock Plus is my friend, but it doesn't work on public terminals that only use Internet Exploder)
Staff who talk to people and answer questions. (It's like phoning a company and being answered by a human instead of a computer!)
Separating reading lists from access permissions. (I never got my head around "friends" in the LJ sense. I have friends. "What I want to read" is not the same.)

And, and the longer I lurked around here the more I liked it. So, through the magic of OpenID and launch night invite codes, here I am.

( some more, cut for length )

( the remaining questions )