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As ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} insomnia likes to point out, LiveJournal is shrinking. Many blame SixApart and SUP for this decline, and it true that the actions of those corporations have contributed to the slow bleed of users. However, I believe the root cause is much deeper.The tone of the LiveJournal community has changed. It has become more vicious, more snark-centric, more hateful and cliquish. There has always been drama on LiveJournal, but it has not always been like it is now. Often now one misspoken word in a community or the mention of a viewpoint out of the mainstream will be taken out of context and a flood of mean-spirited attacks will flood the comments of a post from users mobbing in from any one of the countless snark communities that have cropped up. I've been on LiveJournal almost 7 years at this point, and this increasing ugliness has me more concerned for LiveJournal than anything SixApart did or SUP is doing. Neither SixApart nor SUP are LiveJournal, LiveJournal is the community that inhabits this virtual place and that community is decaying. I'm sure I'm far from the only long-time user who is disenchanted by the current LiveJournal environment and I don't see what the motivation would be for many new users to become part of it. I have not been involved in any drama around here recently, so this post hasn't been triggered by a specific event. The problem is that LiveJournal doesn't seem like a community anymore, at least not a communities that I want to consider myself part of. I don't intend on leaving completely, but I've been spending a lot less time here. I've got other things to do. | |||||||||||||||||
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rm wrote a post criticizing "unimaginative heteronormative romance novel crap" in Jack/Ianto fanfic in which she said:
I had to go to photoshop. I posted the resulting image as a comment to rm's post, but purpleglitter tells me I should post it here as well. So here it is: | |||||||||||||||||
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Lake has been nagging me to change my journal theme for some time. She never thought the old one fit. I finally did. What do you all think of the new theme? | |||||||||||||||||
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Poll #1156589 Open to: All, results viewable to: All Have you heard about the LiveJournal content strike on March 21st? Will the LiveJournal content strike affect your posting habits?
View Answers Yes, I plan on participating. Yes, I plan on posting more to counteract it. No. I don't know. | |||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||
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What the fuck? As part of the current pattern of actions, this is quite alarming — it demonstrates that SUP/LJ now actively and openly disapproves of and targets specific groups. | |||||||||||||||||
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pissed off| The Penny Plan | |||||||||||||||||
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Several people I know "in real life" have told me I should post about my penny plan here. It's changed my life. It's taken me from being a lazy slob to being productive. The penny plan started out simple. I get 1 penny for every 5 minutes of work, I pay 1 penny for every 5 minutes of television or online time. However, that simple structure was turned into a plan that works for me and has succeeded in keeping me from falling into the eternal distraction abyss. My rules are:
The penny plan, unlike project schedule or project three meals, has proven to be something I can stick to. I've been on it successfully for almost a month at this point and I still going strong. It has truly transformed me. | |||||||||||||||||
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I doubt I'll leave over the removal of basic accounts. I've already stopped recommending this site to new people, so after grumbling and griping a bit, I'll probably just get on with my journaling. If there is a true mass exodus, I'll join it. But right now, as much as I dislike the direction LiveJournal is going, there still isn't anywhere good enough to entice me away from my permanent account. With all the effort involved in changing journal sites and moving my old entries, another site will not just have to be somewhat better — it will have to be a whole hell of a lot better. | |||||||||||||||||
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LiveJournal has secretly removed basic (free) accounts. Even brad is openly pissed about this one.Even if I thought was a good decision, the lies of omission does not promote a trusting relationship between the SUP and their users. | |||||||||||||||||
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I escaped from the Dungeon of Neitherday!I killed Simonelo the kobold, Aheartofstars the zombie, Mizdarkgirl the leprechaun, Sandstar the fire elemental, Goldrose the kobold, Bbarbie the floating eye, Avphibes the floating eye, Purpleglitter the mind flayer, Neitherday the mind flayer, Seeksadventure the kobold, Creepigurl the leprechaun, Angelwylde the floating eye, Oxygenfreereba the leprechaun, Elabeth the rat, Forioscribe the floating eye, Danizana the goblin, Moominmuppet the leprechaun, Foxbaby the kobold, Crazymaureen the rat, Cptnhowdy2 the dragon, Spaglet the cockatrice, Mazzycat the rat, Cappadoria the floating eye, Definatalie the leprechaun, Clintcatalyst the rat, Foxxygirltamara the arch-demon, Evanescence the minotaur, Redwitchesbrew the owlbear and Doodlescribble the floating eye. I looted the Armour of Cardinals, the Dagger of Yukimi, the Shield of Kali Ma, the Shield of Luna, a Figurine of Serizawa3000, the Amulet of Jehanna, the Armour of Ellynx, the Sword of Wind, the Sword of Laurellily, the Shield of Sunspiral, the Axe of Finding Rowan, the Dagger of Skunks, a Figurine of Tiff Seattle, the Crown of Cobweb, the Sceptre of Raccoons, the Sceptre of Modifier, the Crown of Jescapade, the Wand of Canadian Geese, the Sceptre of Joedecker, the Wand of Box3, the Shield of Andragon, the Sword of Bathofblood, the Dagger of Nightingalelily, the Sceptre of Homelessness, the Armour of Lokiswings, the Crown of Ladyofshalot, the Wand of Arrielgurl, the Axe of Loki, the Armour of Grrlgerm, the Amulet of Polyamory, the Wand of Scrying, the Crown of Terriblelynne, the Shield of Dacookiemonster, the Armour of Mermaidnchains, a Figurine of Ununnilium, a Figurine of Myenergy, the Crown of Cvisors, the Crown of Ceruleanct11 and 524 gold pieces. Score: 1324 Explore the Dungeon of Neitherday and try to beat this score,or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon... | |||||||||||||||||
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This comment in the most recent post in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} lj_policy may be right on the money. If these censorship maneuvers by LiveJournal have been in response to behind the scenes legal action against them, then their lack of communication with users makes sense. If this is the case, it is likely going to effect any site that gains sufficient notoriety. A lot of these alternative sites may be able to get away with looser restrictions only because they're still flying under the radar screen. | |||||||||||||||||
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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. Poll #1105617 departure poll Open to: All, results viewable to: All I should...
View Answers Leave now, things are only going to get worse here. Wait until the SUP's 100 day plan is completed and make a decision then. Stay, there really isn't anywhere better. | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
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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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