The LJ drama continues

[_lethe_]

Following from my earlier post (DW/LJ), I don't know if everybody has seen the Fast Company article "The Return of LiveJournal" yet, which created some stir. Even better, theljstaff has posted a link to the article

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[lisadarling]

I am not sure if the staff-account isn't just volunteers, which would explain their tongue in cheek post.

[_lethe_]

Yes, that is what I thought.

[saintgeorge]

LJ is pretty much a part of my life now. It is where I do the bulk of my journalling. Through LJ I have had the opportunity to meet and know many people I would not otherwise have known.

I wish the drama would end, I wish the owners would stop trying to milk the site for maximum profit.

I know that FaceBook is immensely profitable to the owners and I see many other sites trying to cash in on the social media concept, but writing is more important than mindless chatter.

[_lethe_]

I wish the owners would stop trying to milk the site for maximum profit.

That is not going to happen, although I think they are going about it in extremely odd ways. Any company worth their salt would have fired igrick months ago for all the havoc he has created, but apparently they don't care about the massive exodus to Dreamwidth.

writing is more important than mindless chatter.

Not to the LJ overlords, they want LJ to become FaceBook Lite. Also, I gather from the article that their focus will be much more on (LJ-controlled?) communities. They are not interested in individual bloggers.

I strongly suspect that theljstaff linked to this article as a sort of coded message: "Sauve qui peut! Get out while you can!"

I for one am very happy to have my journal safely imported to Dreamwidth and the day that the last of my remaining friends and communities here leave for DW cannot come soon enough for my liking.