I agree. Well - I don't know if it's a good idea, but at least I don't think it's a bad idea, as several commenters apparently do.
I'm surprised that there's this assumption that everyone who left LJ did so out of frustration, too. I had a number of LJ friends who're not active anymore, and off the top of my head I can think of precisely two who moved to other sites because they thought LJ had gotten too bad. The others just moved on in life in general - new jobs, new family situations, no time for blogging anymore, that sort of thing.
Doesn't mean they'd be any more likely to come back if I asked them to, of course. But anyone who genuinely wants to see LJ thrive should acknowledge that the site needs users to survive, and as such attempts to reach out are first and foremost a good thing.
Yes, I agree that the majority of people left due to things like the ubiquitousness of Facebook rather than due to the mistakes made by LiveJournal (of which there were many, but the biggest ones were under previous owners
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I noticed all over on various sites, that blogging of this variety (say on clone sites or places like Deviantart) began to decline at around the same time probably due to the aforementioned mega sites and time constraints. It's easy to scapegoat LJ. :/
I'm surprised that there's this assumption that everyone who left LJ did so out of frustration, too. I had a number of LJ friends who're not active anymore, and off the top of my head I can think of precisely two who moved to other sites because they thought LJ had gotten too bad. The others just moved on in life in general - new jobs, new family situations, no time for blogging anymore, that sort of thing.
Doesn't mean they'd be any more likely to come back if I asked them to, of course. But anyone who genuinely wants to see LJ thrive should acknowledge that the site needs users to survive, and as such attempts to reach out are first and foremost a good thing.
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I noticed all over on various sites, that blogging of this variety (say on clone sites or places like Deviantart) began to decline at around the same time probably due to the aforementioned mega sites and time constraints. It's easy to scapegoat LJ. :/
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