OK, heads up for those not subscribed, both
the_lj_herald and
lj_maintenance are reporting that the recent LJ clunkiness may be due to: f a distributed denial of service (DDOS) and we've taken a number of measures to mitigate the impact in order to bring LiveJournal back to full functionality.
In the meantime, as not all comment notifications are getting through, I've rediscovered the usefulness of the
Recent Comments page, now with extra souped up paid account goodness.
For the record, I'll repeat my recommendation that everyone should read
the_lj_herald, completely unofficial, but summarises all the useful LJ announcements from their various sources, a lot easier; it's on my main filter, all the others are on a 'read when bored' filter, and it'll mean you get told about things such as
UK voice post numbers,
new features, etc fairly quickly without wading through all the crap on the official comms.