Gotta say, I'm interested in watching this unfold
It seems like pretty much everywhere I look, people are outraged about the new comment style.
I'm...trying to be objective because 1) I try not to get swept up in the bandwagon, and it's early to make any swift judgments and 2) There are a couple things about the new comment style that I like okay, even though if they're not that exciting.
But shit, no more subject lines? No parent and thread links? No preview button? Those are really the most important comment features for me, and yeah, I'm pissed they were removed. With what I do on LJ these days, they're pretty much vital.
At least the S2 styles and the custom comment pages work. But it's a shame, because some of the comms I hang out at lost some really neat styles because they had to switch to a style that would give them a good custom comment page.
Plus, I have to say, this whole thing has given me a bad feeling about LJ, period. I've never been anti-LJ, but more and more I'm getting a sense that they don't give a shit. And the Russian dude behind these changes seems really dense from what I've seen.
To be honest, whether this is a big deal or not, I kind of hope it is a big enough deal to drive up activity at DW somewhat. I've never felt like there was much fandom activity on DW for the things that I like, and if that changed I'd definitely spend more time on DW than I do now.
I'm not leaving LJ, not least of all because it looks like the comms I follow are sticking around. But this has gotten me thinking about working on my DW more, since I've been wanting to. Maybe if I have some spare cash in the new year, I'll think about a paid account. It's stupid, but icon space is a big deal to me. :P
And does anyone have any good resources for custom styles? I've been wanting to mess around with my DW style for a while now.
I'm...trying to be objective because 1) I try not to get swept up in the bandwagon, and it's early to make any swift judgments and 2) There are a couple things about the new comment style that I like okay, even though if they're not that exciting.
But shit, no more subject lines? No parent and thread links? No preview button? Those are really the most important comment features for me, and yeah, I'm pissed they were removed. With what I do on LJ these days, they're pretty much vital.
At least the S2 styles and the custom comment pages work. But it's a shame, because some of the comms I hang out at lost some really neat styles because they had to switch to a style that would give them a good custom comment page.
Plus, I have to say, this whole thing has given me a bad feeling about LJ, period. I've never been anti-LJ, but more and more I'm getting a sense that they don't give a shit. And the Russian dude behind these changes seems really dense from what I've seen.
To be honest, whether this is a big deal or not, I kind of hope it is a big enough deal to drive up activity at DW somewhat. I've never felt like there was much fandom activity on DW for the things that I like, and if that changed I'd definitely spend more time on DW than I do now.
I'm not leaving LJ, not least of all because it looks like the comms I follow are sticking around. But this has gotten me thinking about working on my DW more, since I've been wanting to. Maybe if I have some spare cash in the new year, I'll think about a paid account. It's stupid, but icon space is a big deal to me. :P
And does anyone have any good resources for custom styles? I've been wanting to mess around with my DW style for a while now.