Remember... Remember the 5th of November?

[dagronrat]

So uhm... What do you guys think of this?

http://news.livejournal.com/149446.html

I... really don't know what to think of it.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

Mixed feelings.

On the one hand, I do really miss fannish interactions in a format that isn't Tumblr. Tumblr is very fast-moving and often incoherent, leading to much confusion and broken links.

On the other hand, I would vastly prefer said fannish interaction to be on Dreamwidth to LJ, if only because the default page view on LJ causes migraines for a not insignificant portion of the population.

On the metaphysical third hand, I have a permanent account on LJ. Their offer of paid time means absolutely nothing to me, but it might mean something to someone else, and I can still reap the benefits until such a time as the site fades into oblivion.

On the completely imaginary fourth hand, after everything LJ did to screw fandom over, I kind of want to point and laugh at how desperate they are to get us back.

LJ meant a lot to me once, and I really enjoyed my time here, but I'm not sure I trust enough to go back to it, let alone know if anyone would join me.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I think it seems like a neat thing. Paid time sounds great! I want more icon slots. I don't know that I could participate, though. I think most of the people I want to talk with either still post here religiously or else post enough that they wouldn't qualify for the welcome back.

[rae00.livejournal.com]

^

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

The gunpowder treason and plot. (http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html)
It's the poem used to remember the date of Guy Fawkes night (when loads of british people get together for a big bonfire upon which a wooden mannequin is often thrown). The fact that their "remember" page is called that brought it to mind.

I guess that's true, us aicoholics are a stubborn lot. XD
And anyone who's left tends to have left for a reason and, you know, still be available somewhere else.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

See below. :)

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

It is hard to see who this feature would be for: if they've not posted for over a year... people tend to move on and forget. :?

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

I feel you on the missing not!tumblr. TumblR works mostly because it is fast paced micro-blogging and enables one to easily browse a lot of specific content very quickly, but... as you said, it can be too fast, easily miss things and misinterpreted/confusing. If it were based on user-friendliness alone, I don't think tumblr would fare any better than LJ: they're very obscure about their various features.

What's Dreamwidth like these days? I haven't visited it in ages.

It does feel like too little too late. What is there to come back to? I'm still here mostly because people I know still post here and I find it handy for following rss feeds (a feature they've only just made easier to find on their feed page *rolls eyes*)... but I am finding the website very much in decline. LJ-communities aren't working anymore, there's no easy way to find active pages to follow or even visit on a whim, and their esthetic... Ugh. They've managed to make the picture scrapbook even uglier and the ability to massively move pictures from one folder to the other is a decade overdue - since their last big overhaul I still have hundreds of pictures in the wrong folder because I'd tag them with more than one tag.
The crux of the matter will probably be the adverts. If I didn't have a paid account the only way I could visit LJ is with an adblocker... and even then. *sigh* I don't think some evanescent paid time is going to change that.

(Also hey! Nice to see you! Haven't talked to you in ages!)

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

It will be interesting to see if the feature ends up popular at all.

[fs-playground.livejournal.com]

I hate the "poke friend to receive LJ paid time" feature. It's desperate and opportunistic and really sad.

Meaning I'm not going to to use it.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

It'll probably be feature number 100nthat'll be forgotten about as quickly as it appeared. *sigh