shadowspar

Thanks fer comin' out, LJ

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:02:29 GMT

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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LJ drama (not really)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:28:30 GMT

One more bit re LJ, since it's on my mind what with their latest brilliant decision to let people crosspost comments they make on your flocked entries to Facebook or Twitter.

When I initially started out on DW, it was completely my intention to maintain a presence on both services, because I knew that some folks would never be bothered to pick up and move over here. As time goes on, though, I increasingly can't be bothered to crosspost my entries to LJ. Though I still read my friends page there every now and again, I just don't care to contribute to a site that doesn't cultivate the goodwill and community that DW does.

damned_colonial's excellent post about friends not moving over from LJ wraps up some of what's going on my headspace, I think. If you start hanging out in new places, you drift apart a bit from friends that don't tag along. It's not a value judgement of them as a person, just a reflection of the fact that each of us has a finite amount of time, and we're choosing to spend it in different places.

ETA: I'm not sure quite what the right way to put this is, but: while I'm annoyed and distressed at Livejournal's latest screwup sort of on behalf of the folks who are still heavily invested there, have I ever mentioned how great it is to be able to wipe your hands and go OMG NOT MY PROBLEM when something like this happens? Dear Dreamwidth and everybody who's contributed: thanks for being awesome. <3

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DW Invites == can haz

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:38:50 GMT

I have heaps of Dreamwidth invite codes if anyone should happen to want one.

Just sayin'.

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