As LJ's been sold again and they've been messing up the site with yet another set of "improvements" that aren't improvements at all, I do wonder whether I've been saved a *lot* of heartache by just using Semagic to post and edit my entries and using a customised version of Component for my layout. I use Component for my entries, comments and ( Read more... )

...I have been thinking about that LJ Like button thing for ages because it's just so awfully quiet here these days. I think it's all the microblogging stuff that just allows people to like posts and then move on that's made them more lazy when it comes to actual communication in the blogosphere. And of course, I prefer good conversation, but ( Read more... )

The new commenting feature on LJ needs to fucking die. I can't even post comments or pick icons--the thing simply refuses to work for me and grays everything out. What the fucking fuck, LJ?!? Why do you have to keep fixing what ain't broke? D: I mean... what the fuck? Which browser and which release do they want me to use now? D: I just tried ( Read more... )

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OH MY FUCKING GOD, LIVEJOURNAL FINALLY RELEASED A NEW FEATURE THAT'S ACTUALLY USEFUL AND NOT SHIT.

Namely, following someone by tags. So, basically, you can go here and select which tags you want to follow. So, for instance, if you're sick of my Doctor Who and/or timecock ramblings, you can choose to exclude the entries with that particular tag in ( Read more... )

Ahahahaha. I am told Dreamwidth got 10 000 new users overnight. Way to go, LJ.

I've imported everything over there, 'cos I'm not crazy about any twat from Facebook bein' able to comment. But it still seems quiet over there. What are you guys called on there? I've only got a couple of you on my reading list on there. And of course, it sucks that it ( Read more... )

The wonderful vilakins has links to stuff with which you can remove the LJ and Twitter crap and the stupid new bubbles from LJ comment boxes, here. It's a Greasemonkey script ( Read more... )

Nicked off the lovely kuukiventomu.

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I've noticed lots of my flisters having those annoying Snapshot preview bubbles on every sodding link, and been wondering why in the hell you guys keep those things on, because I, for instance, find them bloody irritating--I want to read the journal entry, not look at a snapshot!

Here's how you can disable the buggers: Go to Viewing Options and ( Read more... )