Thanks fer comin' out, LJ

[shadowspar]

Checked in on LiveJournal just now on account of their latest security fail, and elected to delete my account there rather than keep it hanging around. I don't use it any more, so it doesn't represent anything more than a potential liability anyway.

I'd considered doing so (and really should have done) a while back when it was pointed out to me that they'd started running really obnoxious ads, like full-page / interstitial ones, or banners with scantily-clad imvu anime icons. No, I don't see that stuff myself (I've not touched the site in the past 18 months, and I run NoScript anyway, which means most of the crap doesn't load), but it still bothers me when they put stuff like that next to my smiling face and the words I wrote. I still like the people on LiveJournal, but the antics and long history of fail of LJ Corporate, not so much.

Thanks for coming out, LJ.

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[pinesandmaples]

I'm not sure what to do about my LJ. I feel like my perm account paid for itself, but what about the few friends I really like who refuse to move?

Ugh.

[dingsi]

IIRC the served ads included other failtastic crap too -- for instance NOM had a banner ad in 2009, the Google adsense stuff included links to tr***y cam sites when you put "transgender" in the interest search field, eating disorder communities featured weight loss ads ...

[phecda]

I deleted all my posts over there sans the one saying I'd moved to DW. Still read there because a number of friends still post there. Offers of free DW accounts hasn't gotten them to budge yet.