Dreamwidth's Privacy Feature

[unspeakablehorror]

One thing I really like about Dreamwidth is that you select the people who can see your private posts by putting them on your access list and that concept isn't folded in with followers or mutuals. Because for me whether someone follows me (and whether I'd like to allow someone to follow me) or even we both follow each other isn't the same as whether I feel comfortable with them viewing my private posts.

I can choose to add people who aren't following me at all on my access list if I want to, and I don't have to show my private posts to all my followers or even all of my mutuals if I don't want to. I'm glad places like Mastodon and Pillowfort have real privacy features, unlike a site like Tumblr, but I like Dreamwidth's privacy options in terms of who can see your private posts the best out of all of those.