moved to Dreamwidth
Yes, I have finally ported this journal to Dreamwidth. Please check there for any new posts.
http://mellowtigger.dreamwidth.org/
I've had the account at Dreamwidth for more than a year, but I finally decided to jump to the new blog. I appreciate my years at Livejournal. Last year, I purchased a Livejournal t-shirt. Tonight, I purchased another year of Livejournal subscription as a parting donation to wish the site a good future.
A recent post at Dreamwidth offers a very good explanation of this month's Livejournal problems and why it's a nice idea to continue supporting the site and its vibrant Russian community. Good things still happen here, even though I noticed a very dramatic decrease of activity as Facebook increased in popularity. Still, though, I see that the site owners intend to follow a path of development that is too much like Facebook to hold my interest. I think that Dreamwidth will be more dedicated to the style of online posts that I enjoy.
For anyone else considering the move, Dreamwidth offers some very nice import features to transport your entire journal. It brings thumbnail icons, main posts, and comments too. Livejournal has had to scale back bandwidth on batch processes because of the recent DDOS attacks, so it took almost 2 days to bring my entire journal to the new site. It doesn't bring photographs, so links still point to Livejournal photo albums. Word of warning: don't import the Friends list. I did at first, and then I noticed the huge number of stale accounts that came with that old data. My suggestion is to start fresh.
I made my first Livejournal post on 2007 January 29. It's been an interesting 4+ years.
http://mellowtigger.dreamwidth.org/
I've had the account at Dreamwidth for more than a year, but I finally decided to jump to the new blog. I appreciate my years at Livejournal. Last year, I purchased a Livejournal t-shirt. Tonight, I purchased another year of Livejournal subscription as a parting donation to wish the site a good future.
A recent post at Dreamwidth offers a very good explanation of this month's Livejournal problems and why it's a nice idea to continue supporting the site and its vibrant Russian community. Good things still happen here, even though I noticed a very dramatic decrease of activity as Facebook increased in popularity. Still, though, I see that the site owners intend to follow a path of development that is too much like Facebook to hold my interest. I think that Dreamwidth will be more dedicated to the style of online posts that I enjoy.
For anyone else considering the move, Dreamwidth offers some very nice import features to transport your entire journal. It brings thumbnail icons, main posts, and comments too. Livejournal has had to scale back bandwidth on batch processes because of the recent DDOS attacks, so it took almost 2 days to bring my entire journal to the new site. It doesn't bring photographs, so links still point to Livejournal photo albums. Word of warning: don't import the Friends list. I did at first, and then I noticed the huge number of stale accounts that came with that old data. My suggestion is to start fresh.
I made my first Livejournal post on 2007 January 29. It's been an interesting 4+ years.