so i don't know how many people know about this, but today there was a "content strike" by a lot of livejournal users, to protest the removal of the "free, non ad-supported" account option (if you really want all the whiny bullshit, some of it is here). new users can still start livejournals without paying, they just have to look at a couple of ads ( Read more... )

it seems that alot of my lj friends have moved away from livejournal... rarely or never updating, seemingly reading their friends lists and commenting even less. i didn't really realize this until i had the time to update more regularly. when i was only updating once or twice per month, and my posts tended to be ridiculously long, i figured that ( Read more... )