Route 29: Stay or Leave?

[these_balls]

As I am sure you are all aware of, Livejournal has undergone a good handful of changes that have made roleplaying here just a little more difficult. With how the staff of Livejournal and the ones in charge of the code have responded and interacted with the members, it looks as though these changes will be permanent

Comments

[deadfreesia]

The main problem IMO is not release 88, even as problematic as its introduction has been. The main problem is that release 88 is part of a larger pattern in which LJ does something to infuriate its entire userbase every 6-12 months, then treats said userbase like excrement when it expresses displeasure at the change.

For years, LJ has repeatedly shown a blatant disregard for the opinions, wishes, freedoms and privacies of the userbase, only backpedaling and going back on unwanted changes for the most epic of the shitstorms. The introduction of ads, strikethrough and boldout, the attempted removal of the basic account in 2008, automatic payments getting turned on without the consent of the user, and periods in which locked content is accessible to unauthorized viewers are a few of the most noteworthy ones.

Then there's the outrageous treatment in direct interactions from staff.. I highly encourage people to read this entry in full

[nasa_dreams]

This post clinched it for me. In fact, I think I'm just about to go over to Dreamwidth and make a general account. I honestly had no idea there was so much bullshit going on here at LJ. I guess I've been rather lucky in that respect.

[puppet_paladin]

I have multiple reasons not to want to move

[bullieve]

I'm definitely voting for a DW move as well! I'll be honest, I only really wandered over to it when everyone else did because of the temptation of snagging the journal names I never got to have before, which was addicting in itself. I'd made a DW back when it first opened in '09 and then never used it and when I went back I found it confusing to navigate, but only for basically a couple minutes, lmao. It really is quite simple and user-friendly, and anything that you can't locate you can always ask for help finding from a friend! I even found an add-on for the Chrome/Firefox add-on Stylish that allows you to change the basic appearance of one of the site layout so that it more resembles LJ's old look. Taking a stab at doing layouts in journals wasn't so bad, either (although I am a little disappointed about my tables I brought over from LJ).

I did just renew both my paids on LJ and I'm really, really PO'd that it's now a great big waste of money - not just if I do leave LJ, but because I can't use them much anyway with the way

[bywiseguidance]

I'm going to vote to leave, for a few reasons, the largest being not the changed functionality (though that is very annoying), it is the changed attitude towards the userbase

[usedhadokyuu]

I'll freely admit that I 100% support a move to dreamwidth