Eh, I already didn't make the ballot and doubt my discussion here will make it to 300 so I'll just reply here anyway. ;)
Thanks for supporting me! I just finished replying to schpydurx's comment, which you can read if you'd like to get a better idea of what I was really trying to do. But in a nutshell, I do love LJ, I do love a lot of things that haven't changed, etc. but I'm just really worried at how we've lost so many people to other sites, possibly because of our unwillingness to change.
I absolutely agree with you -- I think LJ is still here because of its loyal userbase and communities, and while protecting them is important, we really need to work harder on bringing more of those people and communities here to maintain a steady supply of discussion on every topic imaginable. If only more people would check us out, I'm sure they won't go back once they realize how much more satisfying typing more than 140 characters about their interests can be. ;)
I'm sure we can keep the foundation of that intellectual value that both you and I respect about LJ -- but in order for LJ to survive the next 10 years, we need to improve some things to keep things fresh for all our friends here already, and for new bloggers to be aware of us and consider us over the competition. Otherwise, the discussion just won't keep going if we're relying on just us early adopters.
(BTW, any chance you'll be running next year? :) )
Thanks for supporting me! I just finished replying to schpydurx's comment, which you can read if you'd like to get a better idea of what I was really trying to do. But in a nutshell, I do love LJ, I do love a lot of things that haven't changed, etc. but I'm just really worried at how we've lost so many people to other sites, possibly because of our unwillingness to change.
I absolutely agree with you -- I think LJ is still here because of its loyal userbase and communities, and while protecting them is important, we really need to work harder on bringing more of those people and communities here to maintain a steady supply of discussion on every topic imaginable. If only more people would check us out, I'm sure they won't go back once they realize how much more satisfying typing more than 140 characters about their interests can be. ;)
I'm sure we can keep the foundation of that intellectual value that both you and I respect about LJ -- but in order for LJ to survive the next 10 years, we need to improve some things to keep things fresh for all our friends here already, and for new bloggers to be aware of us and consider us over the competition. Otherwise, the discussion just won't keep going if we're relying on just us early adopters.
(BTW, any chance you'll be running next year? :) )
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