Help for Japan: March 2011 Relief Charity Auction

@Erik: Absolutely, the feel of the Dreamwidth community is very deiefrfnt (intentionally so!) from the feel of (e.g.) MySQL or Linux kernel hacking.We do have a small number of contributors who have no use for our mushy style, so they do their development through Bugzilla and skip out on the developer support communities, IRC, etc. They still contribute without the social interactions they're not interested in, which seems to work fine for them.At any rate, I would argue that all people, even hard-core geeks who like to spend their time talking about the thundering herd problem and cache lines, would benefit from a more positive social environment in their projects and lives. You don't have to take it to the level where it feels I love you, you love me , but building a community where you take the time to say Hey, that was cool, thanks! can only be a positive.