Musings on Internet Relocation
I've been reading over recent news posts for LiveJournal and...I don't know if I'm going to stick around for the long haul.
I've had an LJ since 2001. This has, quite literally, been my internet home for over ten years. That's insane. I'm not the kind of person to pack up and leave for no reason (or ridiculous - to me - reasons, like making a new username or 'starting a new chapter'). On top of that, I'm not even sure where I'd migrate to and if people would even care to read my updates elsewhere. It's a little sad that the sort of community that LiveJournal originally gave us is being cut down to tweets and Facebook statuses. I love my tumblr, but tumblr isn't a good place for life updates and journaling, it's not a good place to communicate like LiveJournal was (yes, I know it's easy to communicate on tumblr - with asks and reblogs and such - but it's not the same at all).
Basically, my gripes are boiling down to:
But...at the same time, am I really going to keep updating on whatever new place I might move to? I'm so used to just coming to LJ and reading/posting, will I really want to keep up on a new site with new things to learn? It's probably going to boil down to Dreamwidth in the end, since I can still crosspost to LJ, if people still want to read but don't have a site elsewhere.
I've had an LJ since 2001. This has, quite literally, been my internet home for over ten years. That's insane. I'm not the kind of person to pack up and leave for no reason (or ridiculous - to me - reasons, like making a new username or 'starting a new chapter'). On top of that, I'm not even sure where I'd migrate to and if people would even care to read my updates elsewhere. It's a little sad that the sort of community that LiveJournal originally gave us is being cut down to tweets and Facebook statuses. I love my tumblr, but tumblr isn't a good place for life updates and journaling, it's not a good place to communicate like LiveJournal was (yes, I know it's easy to communicate on tumblr - with asks and reblogs and such - but it's not the same at all).
Basically, my gripes are boiling down to:
- Having to use the new friends page, which means no more theme/layout matching friends pages (if I'm reading correctly).
- A whole new site design (that I can't seem to find the link for, damnit) which, in my opinion is horrible and ugly.
- LiveJournal no longer has a United States presence. Everything is managed my SUP now and entirely located in Russia. I don't really care where the site is hosted or who it's owned by, but SUP doesn't seem to look kindly on its American users.
- Move over to Dreamwidth, or even InsaneJournal - I have my name registered on both.
- Wordpress, which, in my opinion, is like a fancier tumblr (see: reblogs, likes).
But...at the same time, am I really going to keep updating on whatever new place I might move to? I'm so used to just coming to LJ and reading/posting, will I really want to keep up on a new site with new things to learn? It's probably going to boil down to Dreamwidth in the end, since I can still crosspost to LJ, if people still want to read but don't have a site elsewhere.