The Great 2012 Migration?
If you haven't seen the new lj_releases notice, the new Friends Page (aka Feed) is in beta testing now. Even for someone currently using a white background/dark text layout, I find it annoying. (It also makes me realize that I'm un-fond of FB's infinite scrolling, but since I don't use it nearly as much as LJ, it's only sorta mattered before.) If you haven't seen the new page, I warn you everything is big and bright. And this with my screen brightness set fairly low.
Anywho, mayhap you'll feel differently than other people. I feel like every time LJ releases something all everyone does is complain (oh, btw, they brought back the blinkin' scissors, but fixed the you-can-only-collapse-from-the-top thing with lj-cuts) which makes me have want to stop and ponder whether we're all just have a herd mentality knee jerk reaction. But people have been raising very good points about accessibility for those of us with sensitive sight, who are headache prone (raises hand), etc. Plus, there's that pesky thing where they won't let you opt out of anything. I remember talking to a girl, a couple of years ago, who dj'ed on the weekends. She was married to MySpace even though it seemed like a no man's land of social activity. I asked her why not jump to Facebook, home of all things hep and happening. Her reasoning? MySpace was ideal for artists wanting to customize and control the look of their pages. Facebook was a bland, stark white that she couldn't customize.
It seems like LJ is trying to be that person.
Anywho...
EDIT: According to a recent Daily Dot article, LJ is declining: http://www.dailydot.com/culture/livejournal-decline-timeline/. I was going to post that to the lj-releases site, but I've been blocked from commenting further. I'm going to chalk it up to some unknown-by-me commenting limit and not become paranoid about them wanting to limit the voice of desention.
Anywho, mayhap you'll feel differently than other people. I feel like every time LJ releases something all everyone does is complain (oh, btw, they brought back the blinkin' scissors, but fixed the you-can-only-collapse-from-the-top thing with lj-cuts) which makes me have want to stop and ponder whether we're all just have a herd mentality knee jerk reaction. But people have been raising very good points about accessibility for those of us with sensitive sight, who are headache prone (raises hand), etc. Plus, there's that pesky thing where they won't let you opt out of anything. I remember talking to a girl, a couple of years ago, who dj'ed on the weekends. She was married to MySpace even though it seemed like a no man's land of social activity. I asked her why not jump to Facebook, home of all things hep and happening. Her reasoning? MySpace was ideal for artists wanting to customize and control the look of their pages. Facebook was a bland, stark white that she couldn't customize.
It seems like LJ is trying to be that person.
Anywho...
EDIT: According to a recent Daily Dot article, LJ is declining: http://www.dailydot.com/culture/livejournal-decline-timeline/. I was going to post that to the lj-releases site, but I've been blocked from commenting further. I'm going to chalk it up to some unknown-by-me commenting limit and not become paranoid about them wanting to limit the voice of desention.