LJ Changes Discussion

[inkvoices]

For those who might not be aware, since the start of 2017 there have been changes to Livejournal with servers moving to Russia and, most recently, a change in LJ Terms & Conditions.  We would like to share with you some of our thoughts on this and then we would like the community's input, with a view to possibly making some changes. Your mods may

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[kiss_me_cassie]

Are you planning to keep your personal LJ or move it to Dreamwidth or elsewhere? Or some combination?
Combination. I am keeping my LJ to read & comment to friends who are still here and for comms like this. I do not plan on posting any new content to my personal LJ and will do that on DW now. (Not that I post a whole lot anyhow. A few times a month?)

Of the above options for the community, would you prefer ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/some variation?
I would be ok with 1, 3, or 4. 2 does not seem viable long term. I think 1 and 3 are both very good ideas for now and can always change to 4 later?

If the comm continues on LJ and you move your personal journal to Dreamwidth OR if the comm moves to Dreamwidth and you keep your personal journal on LJ, would you still be active in the community? Or more active, less active?Same either way. It's not going to effect my activity. This space is one of a few different reasons I am not deleting my LJ entirely.

Other thoughts and/or things you would like to be considered? Considering that I, personally,

[inkvoices]

Thank you for commenting! And for sticking with us :)

Is anyone else concerned about smut and OT3, or rather rating levels?

[brickhousewench]

Are you planning to keep your personal LJ or move it to Dreamwidth or elsewhere? Or some combination?
I mostly lurk here, but I'll comment anyway. I've already made my move to Dreamwidth and am in the process of shutting down my LiveJournal (although I plan to keep reading and commenting here until the last of my friends and communities is gone).

Of the above options for the community, would you prefer ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/some variation?
I'm glad that all of your options include backing up the community, and would be fine with any of them. Considering the Russian stance that even mentioning that LGBTQ folks exist is against the law, I think you're being prudent. I think one and four would be easiest to maintain, and possibly less confusing than having one foot in each place.

If the comm continues on LJ and you move your personal journal to Dreamwidth OR if the comm moves to Dreamwidth and you keep your personal journal on LJ, would you still be active in the community? Or more active, less active?I mostly lurk, as I'm pretty busy

[inkvoices]

Thank you for commenting! Personally, I think with the Russian stance on LGBTQ it's weighing up how much of an impact that will have in real terms, but also if people want to be on a platform that in any way may be seen as supporting that.

Options 2 and 3 would be more work, but we wanted to give the full range of what we were thinking and if they're what people prefer we would make it work.

[crystallitanie]

I only created an LJ account to receive notifications for this place (blogging isn't really my thing), so to answer all your questions, it wouldn't make any difference to me. If the community is moved to DW, I'll just figure the most convenient way to follow and post there, with or without an account.

That being said, I'd like to say that this post is yet another reason why I think this place is awesome. :)

[inkvoices]

Thanks for commenting!

We try to keep it so :)

[gsparkle]

Are you planning to keep your personal LJ or move it to Dreamwidth or elsewhere? Or some combination?
I literally only created this account to join this community, so I am perfectly content to move elsewhere!

Of the above options for the community, would you prefer ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/some variation?
Personally, I think the options besides 1 and 4 sound like a lot of work. Again, I don't have anything on my personal lj, so this isn't as big for me as it is for others who have a lot of things to back, but I am 100% team option 4.

If the comm continues on LJ and you move your personal journal to Dreamwidth OR if the comm moves to Dreamwidth and you keep your personal journal on LJ, would you still be active in the community? Or more active, less active?
I'll go wherever the comm goes, essentially :)

Other thoughts and/or things you would like to be considered?
I appreciate this conversation/invitation to discuss this major decision!

[inkvoices]

People saying they only joined LJ for this comm is my smiling thing of the day it seems *grins*.

2 and 3 would be more work, but we wanted to offer all the options we were thinking about and if they were preferred we'd make it work. We appreciate the consideration though!

[alphaflyer]

Are you planning to keep your personal LJ or move it to Dreamwidth or elsewhere? Or some combination? Backing up on DW (as soon as the system lets me - it seems to be taking forever and I think I'll lose all my picspam posts, sigh), but keeping my LJ. I'll probably cross post.

Of the above options for the community, would you prefer ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/some variation? 2 and 3 sound like an awful lot of mod work - you sure you want that? I'd go for 1 or 4 (4 provided we get to keep the banners...)

If the comm continues on LJ and you move your personal journal to Dreamwidth OR if the comm moves to Dreamwidth and you keep your personal journal on LJ, would you still be active in the community? Or more active, less active? I love this comm and will follow it anywhere. That's what bookmarks are for!

Other thoughts and/or things you would like to be considered? Well, we all adore one particular Russian, so it would be kind of hypocritical to run for the hills just because the server is there now. Frankly, this is not a site that

[inkvoices]

2 and 3 would be more work - 3 less than 2. and I'd envision it as an extension of the monthly news post that we already do - but we wanted to offer all the options that we were thinking about and we would make whatever was preferred work