This sounds veeeeery interesting. I had heard that lj tried to fix their stupidity and start thinking about the people using the site again instead of just the people who want to advertise on it, but I still didn't want to go back to lj because it's changed too much - it feels too much like a company allowing me to be there, rather than a place I am that happens to be run by a company. Does that make sense?
Anyway. Yes. DW sounds like they're coming from a good place, and I would be interested in giving them a try! :D My email addy's changed, so if you want to give me an invite code send it to anria@solelyfictional.org.