Huh? I tried to delete a prehistoric community (and I did switch to the community name first!) and deleted my LJ instead! I won't try that again. Phew, I already saw six years of my life disappearing into cyberspace.

So, if you got an "unfriended" note - ignore.

LJ has changed a lot over the last year, and in general, it has become a more hostile place, all through communities, fannish or not. That's not only due to the change in ownership, but also has its roots in a general change of attitude - "Ego Journal" or "Entitlement Journal" would be a more fitting name, or "Me!Me!Me! Journal ( Read more... )

To keep this fair, we should hear "the other side" as well:

LIVEJOURNAL REPLIES

No explanation has been given for the temporary modification of the "most popular" list, though. I suppose (hope!) for this, a separate post will follow.

Also, Anton Nossik has posted as well, explaining his point of view and commenting on the interview that has ( Read more... )

Over the next few days, I'll be testing various ways of moving/backing up content of this journal somewhere else, especially the pictures I've posted. So if there's an entry you suddenly can't access anymore, if there's a broken link, if you see the same entry twice or a bulk of pictures appears on your flist for a couple of minutes - it's not you ( Read more... )

A very interesting update ( Read more... )

Just to get this straight: I'm not happy about LJ axing basic accounts, but it's a business decision I can understand. It could have been avoided if SUP/LJ had taken a closer look at the product they bought; LJ can pay the bills, the staff and the servers, plus produce a little extra income, but by its very nature, it can't be a multi-million ( Read more... )

PLEASE READ THIS ENTRY

It lists all the popular interests that LJ has erased from its "most popular" list - which would be

Sex, Boys, Guys, Girls, Fanfiction, Yaoi, Hardcore, Porn, Bondage, Faeries, Pain, Depression, and Bisexuality

This is not a joke. According to SUP/LJ, there are no people on LJ who are interested in sex, fanfiction, yaoi ( Read more... )

It's getting ridiculous. No, wait, it already is - just read LJ's reply to the users' complaints about the cutting of basic accounts. If I was a rude person, I'd say "stuff it where it's dark and the wind blows, you twats", but as I'm not, I just say: dear, dear, somebody is not amused with us.

Please go HERE and read Stewardess' entry. It's a ( Read more... )

There is "thinking your customers are not the brightest candles on the Christmas tree" and then there's "thinking your customers are complete eejits."

Let me introduce you to jasonshellen, who is LJ's Vice President of Product Development. He's of the latter school of thoughts, as you will soon learn.

Recently, LJ made a news post in which, beside a lot of ( Read more... )

PLEASE READ - ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO RUN A COMMUNITY OR POST ON COMMUNITIES! IT'S IMPORTANT!

Quite obviously, some people are paid for coming up with nonsense, and I'm not talking about authors of bad TV series. Who knows, maybe they work secretly for LJ and ebay, now that they are on strike.

Two important bits of information for you:

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