Auriond ([info]auriond) wrote,
@ 2008-03-17 14:22:00
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http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html

I am angry at LJ as I've never been before. In the past, the servers were unstable and slow and so on, but they were working towards an ideal. Now the ideal is lost and I can see that whoever is in charge (at LJ Inc or SUP or whatever the hell they call themselves now) obviously doesn't understand the meaning of "community".

I'm thinking of cancelling my paid LJ account and moving into my own Wordpress blog on my site. After all, I hardly blog here anymore.

I know, I've said before that I won't leave LJ, but I never counted on LJ being so shitty so soon. So I think very soon I'll cancel my paid account here. If it reverts to a free account with no ads I might continue posting random rubbish here. If not then that's it. I haven't been posting much in here lately anyway.

So - we'll see.

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[info]passivedreamer
2008-03-17 07:52 am UTC (link)
*_* I wonder if I could sell an account? Delete all my entries and 50 cents for the space on ebay or something... dollar maybe even!

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[info]auriond
2008-03-17 08:03 am UTC (link)
Others have had the same idea it seems.

Which makes me even sadder about the whole thing :( I love my LJ and the whole concept and was ready to defend it until I read the news post... no point defending it if the management is going to undermine it all :(

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[info]passivedreamer
2008-03-17 11:44 pm UTC (link)
x_X; oh. x__x;;; wow, I meant it as a joke, but... I guess you really could.

I don't know, I don't feel too surprised by it. LJ was great and all, but... I donno. Just..doesn't surprise me for some reason.

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[info]glazzal
2008-03-17 09:27 am UTC (link)
they sold lj, so bo pian lor. this russian company wants profit... not to knock on the russians or anything.

yes, it will revert to a basic account. only new accounts can't.

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[info]auriond
2008-03-17 02:19 pm UTC (link)
I feel that it started with SixApart. After that everything fell apart, so to speak.

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[info]maarikaaa
2008-03-17 09:45 am UTC (link)
Oh dear, LJ has done it again! Dx If they keep this up (and I'm sure they will), they'll have driven out all the people who are here for the community.
What I like the most about LJ is the Friends page system that other blogging communities don't have, as far as I know (I might be wrong), so I'm mostly here to see what other people write (but now there's starting to be less and less of them, it seems).

Also, Worpress is nice. :) I know several people have gone over to WP from LJ.

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[info]auriond
2008-03-17 02:22 pm UTC (link)
I love LJ for the same reasons, but they're beginning to be not worth it, especially since I hardly use these features anymore anyway.

That is exactly the problem with their moneymaking policy... they forget that some people are here only to read what other people write. If you drive away those who write, you will drive away those who read too, so it's not like a normal business where if you lose one customer it's just that one customer - this one has chain reactions. Which is exactly what LJ's owners don't seem to understand, this concept of LJ as a COMMUNITY and not just a blog.

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[info]shaney
2008-03-17 09:56 am UTC (link)
Your blog address?

Hmm I think I will still stay on here, because the security levels, filters and my friends make it hard for me to go away, plus LJ was and is still a huge part of my life. Quite pathetic I know lol.

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[info]auriond
2008-03-17 02:26 pm UTC (link)
Haven't started one outside of the craft blog I was talking about some time back.

Those are also the reasons why I stayed through SixApart's ownership, but they're starting to look less and less worth it now that I hardly write anything and consequently hardly anyone reads my blog.

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[info]krss
2008-03-17 08:08 pm UTC (link)
I hope you won't disappear, even if you decide to not use LJ anymore.

I don't think I will let go of this until I'm kicked out. =) I enjoy all the features too much.

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[info]auriond
2008-03-17 11:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm not asking anyone to leave with me, and I haven't even decided to leave yet. It all depends on how they handle this issue of basic accounts. I'm sorely disappointed so far.

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Blog
[info]ags-ssh.blogspot.com
2008-04-09 11:47 am UTC (link)
Come and join us over at blogger!

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Re: Blog
[info]auriond
2008-04-09 02:12 pm UTC (link)
Why thank you, SSH - I believe I will! :)

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Keep the faith, chum :)
[info]minervanmuse.wordpress.com
2008-05-03 01:54 pm UTC (link)
Heya dear *auriond,
Come on chum, have hope.
Always thought U were more of a LJ loyalist.

Anyway, am fine as long as U keep writing.
Take care, dear chum.
Loadsa luv, us*
p.s. Wordpress's pretty cool, too. ;)

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