Mostly linkspam of the "what the fuck NOW, Livejournal???" variety

[umadoshi]

I haven't 100% decided what I'm doing with my LJ account. I'm not crushingly concerned about my actual data (t)here--realistically, I don't think they have any interest in/use for what I've posted over the years. Deleting the actual account is pretty much out of the question for me--too much history floating around in various comment threads and

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[blythechild]

I'll admit that I haven't been on DW in a long time. I once had a paid account there but I let it lapse because I didn't see the value in it. Up until recently they didn't host picture content unless you linked from a third party site, and their video hosting was hit and miss. Backing up the contents of my LJ over there would be hit and miss as well because some of the content gets rejected or shows up as a broken link. Then there's the fact that I never found it easy to find people or communities on that site, and without an audience or friends, I didn't see the point of posting there

[umadoshi]

some of the content gets rejected or shows up as a broken link.

Yikes. I either never had that happen or didn't notice, but I don't think I've heard it mentioned as a problem before. It might be uncommon? (Which doesn't change that it'd be annoying for you!)

If I stop crossposting (still haven't 100% decided, but it's still my leaning), the linkspam posts aren't locked, so at least if you decide you need something to read, you can always wander over and investigate easily.

And I'd probably still check my LJ flist at least periodically, since I'll still have access to it either way.

[demeter918]

I'm debating the Delete; I've migrated everything over to DW, and it's not like I use this at all anymore. (which is in itself, somewhat sad)

I'm honestly not sure, but I'm hesitant to delete simply because there's so much history here and the idea of deleting it makes me angry.

Why can't the world just be less shitty?

[umadoshi]

Why can't the world just be less shitty?

That would be lovely. ;_;

I'm really not sure how much difference deletion makes, if any. It's a tough call.

[coastal_spirit]

I have been waiting for you to weigh in on the latest LJ asshattery.

But I'm angry, and I'm exhausted with being angry at LJ over and over again, angry in ways that hurt because of how formative the site was for me and how much I loved it once. Yeah, I know how melodramatic it is to say "that was my home, and I don't live there anymore, but it's been slowly and inexorably vandalized and trashed", but hey, that's how I feel.This is exactly how I feel

[umadoshi]

You can absolutely email me questions and pass links around. (As far as I recall, everything I've linked to is visible to non-DW folks.) *hugs* I know it's a big jump to make!