Dammit LiveJournal!

[chibikelzafox]

As of now, I'm a member of Dreamwidth! I'll still be posting on here, I guess - all of LiveJournal's recent douchebaggery is still, apparently, not enough to drive me away for good. I hate the new friends' list though, and I really don't like how they've decided to get rid of paid accounts (didn't know about it? Apparently they only decided to

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[saxsequential]

So many LJers are moving to DW now. I can't say I'm surprised - LJ is immensely frustrating these days, especially considering that most of the time it's not actually working at all.
I'll add you on FB if I may? :)

[chibikelzafox]

You can find me on FB here, I think :)

I can't help but feel that LJ is being slowly shifted to appeal to a different demographic, to be honest. Like they're trying to turn the site into some freaky hybrid of Facebook and Tumblr. I mean, I use and like (ish) both sites, but LiveJournal feels more like home to me. Tumblr and Facebook are both full of drama, and on Facebook I couldn't post half of the stuff I do on here. I'll stay with LJ and still check and comment on here, but DW will be a backup in case all of my entries get eaten or something. You never know!

[saxsequential]

Added you :)

Yeah, it does seem to be going that way. I don't really like how they've changed the look of everything either. I know what you mean, though: I've been on LJ for nearly ten years (eep) and it's weird to think of not using it at all. I like Tumblr but it definitely is very drama-filled, and also you can only post to either everyone or no one - there's no in between.

[chibikelzafox]

I know what you mean about drama. The other day I logged in to Tumblr at like 5am because I couldn't sleep, the first post was a massive long and rather petty argument between a bunch of social justice bloggers that someone had reblogged and I just shut my laptop and went back to bed. I don't think I've ever been done with Tumblr so early :P

Added ye back!

[sirvlad]

You know, if by 'demographic' you mean Russia - lots of my Russian friends are moving to Dreamwidth and other sites, too.. Which is a shame.

Oh an who reads email news messages from LJ anyway, even if there ever was a warning.

don't see any ads in the friendfeed in LJ though.

[chibikelzafox]

I meant it seems like they're trying to appeal to the Tumblr/FB crowd as opposed to the more creative types that LJ used to be aimed mainly at :)

I haven't actually got any news e-mails from LJ in ages, which is weird. Usually I skim them, so I didn't know about the changes in paid time until lately :/

And there are ads in my f'list, between every entry :( I dunno if it's due to my layout; mine's single column so the ads are placed irritatingly in the very middle of the page, le sigh.