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[rm]

Apparently LJ has decided not to communicae with LJ users because that would reward bad behavior.

I think that's the "no, really, fuck off and stop using our site" message we were waiting for.

http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html?thread=70316701#t70316701

Aside from outraged, I'm really quite unutterably sad.

Comments

[tantra-cat.livejournal.com]

Are you going to leave? What an awful dilemma...

I will feel like one of the "good germans" if I stay...

[rm.livejournal.com]

I have no idea.

Certainly, I can't give these folks another cent. But LJ works like shit if you're not a paid user and I don't want ads on my journal.

IJ is the closest thing in tmers of features I like, but it doesn't have the critical mass for networking.

I have no idea what to do, and figure I have a month to figure it out (when my paid account expires).

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

I bought a permanent account just before the sale.

I wish I hadn't :(

N.

[ithinkitisayit.livejournal.com]

I personally like Wordpress, but that might be missing the sense of community that I assume you're looking for.

I know that I like Vox, but that's run by 6A, so I'm not sure how eager you would be to trade in one evil for another. Hell, I'm not even sure how evil 6A is on Vox. All I know is that I like it because of how easily it'll tie into Amazon and Flickr. I know they also do tie ins to photobucket and other sites, but I'm not sure what they are, since I don't use them :/

For me, LJ's software is too old. The only thing that really draws me to LJ is it's community (the people) and the community features (friends list, actual communities, feeds that can be added to friends lists and commented on among users, the fact that it's an actual community and I can select who can read an entry of mine, etc.).

I like the icons, but they're not a huge thing for me. The scrapbook feature is insanely lame when compared to things like flickr and zooomr (http://zooomr.com). The layouts are hell. I want more control over how things are laid out at my journal, without having to memorize 5 different languages to do so, the way LJ currently runs (you have to search the communities to get help customizing each individual "layout" thing. That's hell. I want to be able to click 4 buttons and be done. Or, if I feel like a challenge, I'd like to be able to enter HTML and be done).

All in all, LJ is looking to me like the old greenscreen Apple computers -- outdated. I want something LJ-like, but with more modern software. Vox appears to be it, at the moment. If anyone knows of any Vox-Knockoffs, please do tell. I'd love to try them out =)

Note: Did not link to flickr/Vox because I figure they're uberly popular and you already know their URLs. If you'd like, I can reply with their links.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

For me, WP on my own domain is the current way to go.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

I created an IJ account. I'll get around to copying my LJ over. I'm hoping many other will too. Perhaps a jump in their numbers will get the attention of SUP.

What is really needed is an ability to easily migrate out of LJ. Customers who can walk out any time get better service.

[ithinkitisayit.livejournal.com]

I think there are such abilities.

FAQ on Exporting LJ entries (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=8&q=export). Not sure if that'll help you or not :/

I assume the importing entries is relevant to IJ, since LJ and IJ share the same software an' all.

[nysidra.livejournal.com]

I like http://squarespace.com myself. It has a few advantages over wordpress. (Locked entries, for one.)

[ithinkitisayit.livejournal.com]

I briefly looked around. Do I *really* have to pay for it? How often do I have to pay? Does it have communities/friends lists the way LJ does?

Because the latter is pretty much the only thing I get out of LJ these days.

[nysidra.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's paid, but I pay for everything, even the free stuff, so that was no biggie to me. You can set up contributors and separate discussion journals (like a community), but it would be a small controlled one.

Sounds like you'd be more interested in insanejournal, as its a copy of LJ and has a *very* fast growing community.

Livejournal has its perks. No doubt.
My disgust with their business practices just out weight them for me now. I can't leave LJ completely, but I can minimize my contact by not posting in my journal anymore.

[ithinkitisayit.livejournal.com]

Sadly, what I really desire is something like Vox. I have high doubts that any of my friends will move there, due to it being owned by 6A.