It looks like SUP changed course on censoring the most popular interests page. They aren't perfect, but they are learning and they are not inflexible. They are willing to change course. They recognizes that without the users, LiveJournal is nothing. Things may work out after all.

I don't want to leave LiveJournal, but SUP has yet to even address the censored interest search fiasco and tags are still capped at 1000. I'm far from happy with things around here at LiveJournal right now. I'm not sure what to do.

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I should...

purpleglitter and I went to Kickass Cupcakes in Davis Square on our way to Haveli (in Inman Square) last night. purpleglitter had a lucky cupcake (a cupcake with a fortune) and I had a very rummy mojito. All I can say is: delicious! Paddington gobbled up the catnip and cheese cupcake we got for her when we got home — and promptly passed out in a drugged haze. She hopes to find more of those magic cupcakes lying about.

Paddington's cupcake even had an unsearchable goldfish cracker on top of hers.

So much for hoping things were going to get better under SUP. They've now started censoring what interests can be searched for. What is more, interests such as "spicy food" are no longer searchable simply because they happen to contain a banned string. Forget trying to find a community discussing the Armenian genocide. What the hell?!?!

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On the twelfth day of Christmas, neitherday sent to me...

Twelve squirrels suffering

Eleven strings writing

Ten crows a-kissing

Nine cats birdwatching

Eight trees a-scrying

Seven cigars a-walking

Six politics a-nothing

Five ci-i-i-ivil liberties

Four zebra finches

Three haunted houses

Two psych wards

...and a luna in an astronomy.

Get your own Twelve Days:

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in

#	Interest	Score	Google it
1	kappa delta	16	huh?
2	ta kala diokomen	12	huh?
3	ssi	11	huh?
4	disability	10	huh?
5	michelle tea	10	huh?
6	kd	8	huh?
7	energy work	8	huh?
8	tones on tail	8	huh?
9	danielle dax	7	huh?
10	jean genet	6	huh?
11	ada	6	huh?
12	social security	6	huh?
13	antidepressants	6	huh?
14	iszoloscope	6	huh?
15	chronic pain	6	huh?
16	tear garden	6	huh?
17	pharmaceuticals	6	huh?
18	joel peter witkin	6	huh?
19	max ernst	6	huh?
20	gavin friday	6	huh?

Type your username here to find out what interests it suggests for you. Popularity Ceiling: (Please be patient!)

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Since the LiveJournal Dungeons change over time with changes in interest and friends lists, I decided I'd try mine again. Didn't do so well this time...

I died in the Dungeon of Neitherday

I was killed in a torchlit pit by Iheartdrag the arch-demon, whilst carrying...

the Crown of Purplepants, the Amulet of Mirrors, the Sceptre of Qassandra and 0 gold pieces.

Score: 62

Explore the Dungeon of Neitherday and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in:

#	Interest	Score	Google it
1	kappa delta	16	huh?
2	ta kala diokomen	12	huh?
3	ssi	11	huh?
4	disability	10	huh?
5	tones on tail	8	huh?
6	chronic pain	8	huh?
7	transitioning	8	huh?
8	kd	8	huh?
9	tear garden	6	huh?
10	pharmaceuticals	6	huh?
11	lycia	6	huh?
12	shadow project	6	huh?
13	specimen	6	huh?
14	dennis cooper	6	huh?
15	cranes	6	huh?
16	march violets	6	huh?
17	mephisto walz	6	huh?
18	in the nursery	6	huh?
19	dennis kucinich	6	huh?
20	4ad	6	huh?

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Popularity Ceiling: (Please be patient!)

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ganked from: matronmalice

I died in the Dungeon of Neitherday

I was killed in a grimy bathhouse by the wrath of Murky, whilst carrying...

the Wand of Cephalopods, the Shield of Bertrande, the Armour of Sweetprince, the Armour of Butterflysnf, the Wand of Psychology, the Wand of Imageready, the Amulet of Dacookiemonster, the Sceptre of Crying, the Sceptre of Secret Willow, a Figurine of Crucibelle, the Sword of Asleeponsunbeam, the Sword of Coolwhitestare, the Shield of Arcanus, the Crown of Sisterinsanity and 10 gold pieces.

Score: 105

Explore the Dungeon of Neitherday and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in:

#	Interest	Score	Google it
1	ssi	11	huh?
2	disability	8	huh?
3	transitioning	8	huh?
4	tones on tail	7	huh?
5	mephisto walz	7	huh?
6	tear garden	6	huh?
7	exquisite corpse	6	huh?
8	red lorry yellow lorry	6	huh?
9	cranes	6	huh?
10	purpleglitter.com	6	huh?
11	falling leaves	6	huh?
12	in the nursery	6	huh?
13	chronic pain	6	huh?
14	the tear garden	6	huh?
15	jean genet	5	huh?
16	shadow project	5	huh?
17	specimen	5	huh?
18	dennis cooper	5	huh?
19	march violets	5	huh?
20	gitane demone	5	huh?

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Popularity Ceiling: (Please be patient!)

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LJ Abuse actually did something about something I brought up. They deleted the hundred or so communities that the troll had created. I think there needs to be a way to avoid this sort of problem getting out of hand. I have a couple ideas I'm tempted to post in suggestions; however, I'm afraid doing so will just encourage others and cause the problem to spread. If it just dies out quietly, it may never become a real issue.

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The report I filed a month ago about 0_thinspiration went nowhere. All I got back form replies that didn't address the issues I brought up at all. I eventually just gave up trying.

I just submitted the following abuse report:

A new breed of troll is creating a very large number of communities with the sole intention of appearing a obscene number of times on interest searches. Search for the interests "play-doh", "teddy bears", or "taint" and you'll see what I mean. This sort of trolling is simply annoying at this point, but if it becomes widespread, it has the potential to render the search feature completely unusable. Is there anything that can be done about it?

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in

#	Interest	Score	Google it
1	ssi	17	huh?
2	disability	15	huh?
3	welfare	12	huh?
4	poverty	12	huh?
5	therapists	11	huh?
6	meds	10	huh?
7	transsexuals	10	huh?
8	psychiatrists	9	huh?
9	insurance	9	huh?
10	healthcare	9	huh?
11	generalized anxiety disorder	9	huh?
12	harsh reality	9	huh?
13	self help	8	huh?
14	unemployment	8	huh?
15	social security	8	huh?
16	social workers	8	huh?
17	post traumatic stress disorder	8	huh?
18	prostitution	8	huh?
19	poor	8	huh?
20	disabilities	8	huh?

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I keep trying to distract myself from yesterdays events. I cried myself to sleep last night. It's been great looking over LiveJournal and seeing all the people who's lives he's touched. He was a genuinely good person. I want to not think about it and still pretend that he ran off. That's what I had convinced myself of while he was missing. That he had just got tired of everything and ran off. Now it's clear he didn't run off, I want to do simple things that keep my mind off it. Things like watching TV, reading Inside the Victorian Home, and editing my interest list. These things don't work all that well. Everyone is talking about closure. I don't feel like that, and probably won't until after the funeral. I want to pay my last respects. Then I'll feel closure.