I'm not abandoning LJ just yet. I'm mostly waiting and seeing what they do with regards to all the complaints they have been receiving.
In case anyone doesn't know, my DW journal is
http://rekall.dreamwidth.org I'll (mostly) be cross-posting for awhile, while I wait and see what happens with LJ.
Also
Yuletide fics are up (I received two awesome fics!). Over the past few years AO3 had crashing issues due to the load on the site during fic reveals but I haven't noticed any problems this year.