A summarized version of my reply to Brad's post.
"I care about LiveJournal a lot .... The reason I sold LiveJournal, to retell an old story, is because I was too stressed doing LiveJournal alone (it's a ton of work), and I was on the verge of shutting it all down. I sold it to the least evil company I could find..."
Just like you did with FreeVote.com, and almost did with LiveJournal, back when it only had about 15,000 users. . . I understand . . . just how stressed out you were about running LJ, but as I said then, you had to delegate, let go, and get out of the way as much as possible. You were never able / willing to do that, however. You were, in fact, a bit of a micromanaging control freak. . .
I do understand what you did, but you might as well have said the following:
"I loved my child, but raising it was a lot of work and stressed me out, so rather than turn most of its upbringing over to other members of the village and try to make it less reliant on me, I sold it into permanent servitude to the least evil slave traders I could find."
What would you call such a person, Brad? I'd call them a deadbeat dad. . . . So, why should we listen to you? You have no say over what happens to LiveJournal anymore, and have already shown us the way in which you care about the site. . . . I'm not saying you don't care about LiveJournal, Brad. I'm saying you don't know how to care about LiveJournal.
So, you want to care about us by putting SixApart's foot down for them and saying they won't budge?
Okay, then. Neither will I. Neither will many, many people who will continue to boycott and directly contact SixApart's advertisers, embarrassing them in front of their shareholders and investors, and getting them to pull their ads . . . It's nothing personal. . . . It's all about the company you work for, and how they have been systematically betraying the trust of the people who use LJ. And you let it happen, because you let them break your promises to us . . . . Well, it's not your company anymore.
What kind of wankers go into a meeting, say "We've had thousands of complaints... it's even starting to draw some embarrassing coverage!" only to come back at the users and suggest changing the name? . . . Brad, that's pure, grade-A marketing bullshit. You can slap a wig and some lipstick on this pig, but it's still a pig.
Want a new name? How about something that suggests orgasmically-elated, self-congratulatory communities? . . . How about "LiveJournal Circle Jerks!" . . . . Seems appropriate to me, under the circumstances.
Tell you what... you can go tell the people who write you your paychecks that you tried to talk to the people of LJ, and they told you to tell them where they can stick it.
Just like you did with FreeVote.com, and almost did with LiveJournal, back when it only had about 15,000 users. . . I understand . . . just how stressed out you were about running LJ, but as I said then, you had to delegate, let go, and get out of the way as much as possible. You were never able / willing to do that, however. You were, in fact, a bit of a micromanaging control freak. . .
I do understand what you did, but you might as well have said the following:
"I loved my child, but raising it was a lot of work and stressed me out, so rather than turn most of its upbringing over to other members of the village and try to make it less reliant on me, I sold it into permanent servitude to the least evil slave traders I could find."
What would you call such a person, Brad? I'd call them a deadbeat dad. . . . So, why should we listen to you? You have no say over what happens to LiveJournal anymore, and have already shown us the way in which you care about the site. . . . I'm not saying you don't care about LiveJournal, Brad. I'm saying you don't know how to care about LiveJournal.
So, you want to care about us by putting SixApart's foot down for them and saying they won't budge?
Okay, then. Neither will I. Neither will many, many people who will continue to boycott and directly contact SixApart's advertisers, embarrassing them in front of their shareholders and investors, and getting them to pull their ads . . . It's nothing personal. . . . It's all about the company you work for, and how they have been systematically betraying the trust of the people who use LJ. And you let it happen, because you let them break your promises to us . . . . Well, it's not your company anymore.
What kind of wankers go into a meeting, say "We've had thousands of complaints... it's even starting to draw some embarrassing coverage!" only to come back at the users and suggest changing the name? . . . Brad, that's pure, grade-A marketing bullshit. You can slap a wig and some lipstick on this pig, but it's still a pig.
Want a new name? How about something that suggests orgasmically-elated, self-congratulatory communities? . . . How about "LiveJournal Circle Jerks!" . . . . Seems appropriate to me, under the circumstances.
Tell you what... you can go tell the people who write you your paychecks that you tried to talk to the people of LJ, and they told you to tell them where they can stick it.