Oh, dear. Just when I thought the only hit to flist would be some ruffled feathers and contingency-plan journals. :(
I'm going to stay, at least for a while. Because I like it here (I worked to get my journal the way I like it. The color scheme alone took a week.), and I think that the number of people running over to all of the smaller, less expensive, independently run LJ knockoffs is going to start a chain of events that will start with the prices being raised just a bit to afford new high-capacity servers to keep up with the rush... and end with LiveJournal: The Next Generation. The exact same crap, only five years later. Pessimistic? Hell yes. But at least if I stay, my vu won't be deja-ing, and things might improve.
But I can respect your reasons for saying bye: you're unsatisfied and pissed off, so you're leaving. I can get that, even if it does make me sad because I like you, and I can't even keep up with one flist most of the time let alone two (unless... does IJ do email notifications? If it does, then I could keep track of my friends who've bailed without having to actually check two flists, and cross-posting to a fourth location - I also do Facebook and a student blog - shouldn't be too hard...).
It's the conspiracy theorists in this kerfuffle that bother me. The ones that yammer on about how 6A is trying to oppress us big loser geeks in fandom (and only fandom), because they deleted two journals for posting content that was illegal on multiple levels (Dude, if 6A wanted to oppress us, we'd have been all been reported to copyright lawyers and subsequently slapped with C & D orders).
rahirah, liz_marcs, and viciouswishes & lornelover all managed to sum up some portion of my opinion or another. I may do my own post on the subject. It would probably have roughly the same content as what I've just said here, only much bitchier and with sledgehammer-weight detailing of exactly why I *don't* want LJ's obscenity standards clarified.
Yeah, you heard right. Bitchier than those last two paragraphs. ;) I'm a bit grumpy - it's because I leaped back onto the internets full of Harry Potter love, and fic bunnies, and Firefly rpg glee (http://ravenwings-7.livejournal.com/35375.html because I can't remember the link markup), only to discover that fandom was falling apart right in time for me to have no fun stuff to read and talk about during my only time off until January, only lots and lots of stress. :(
But enough gloom!
I now speak in Cat Macro-ish! I can has snacks whenevers!
I let other people tell me about the news comm, all it gets from me is ignoration!
I... don't watch Mad Men. ::hides:: Is it good?
Jason Isaacs is not the man. He is merely an honorable mention. The man is, in fact, Gary Oldman. Second place goes to Alan Rickman.
Jason Bourne kicks. Ass. Especially the car chases. We have the DVDs - they're some of the relatively few movies that my dad rewatches on a regular basis (compared to Moss and I). I keep meaning to read the books, Moss has been a fan of them for many years.
Pizza Hut! Godfather's is pretty good too.
Joss probably decided that the go-go boots (want them, I does) and crazy high heels of DOOM were degrading for an adult woman. Poor Joss, his heart's in the right place, but he does go a bit overboard sometimes...
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I'm going to stay, at least for a while. Because I like it here (I worked to get my journal the way I like it. The color scheme alone took a week.), and I think that the number of people running over to all of the smaller, less expensive, independently run LJ knockoffs is going to start a chain of events that will start with the prices being raised just a bit to afford new high-capacity servers to keep up with the rush... and end with LiveJournal: The Next Generation. The exact same crap, only five years later. Pessimistic? Hell yes. But at least if I stay, my vu won't be deja-ing, and things might improve.
But I can respect your reasons for saying bye: you're unsatisfied and pissed off, so you're leaving. I can get that, even if it does make me sad because I like you, and I can't even keep up with one flist most of the time let alone two (unless... does IJ do email notifications? If it does, then I could keep track of my friends who've bailed without having to actually check two flists, and cross-posting to a fourth location - I also do Facebook and a student blog - shouldn't be too hard...).
It's the conspiracy theorists in this kerfuffle that bother me. The ones that yammer on about how 6A is trying to oppress us big loser geeks in fandom (and only fandom), because they deleted two journals for posting content that was illegal on multiple levels (Dude, if 6A wanted to oppress us, we'd have been all been reported to copyright lawyers and subsequently slapped with C & D orders).
Yeah, you heard right. Bitchier than those last two paragraphs. ;) I'm a bit grumpy - it's because I leaped back onto the internets full of Harry Potter love, and fic bunnies, and Firefly rpg glee (http://ravenwings-7.livejournal.com/35375.html because I can't remember the link markup), only to discover that fandom was falling apart right in time for me to have no fun stuff to read and talk about during my only time off until January, only lots and lots of stress. :(
But enough gloom!
I now speak in Cat Macro-ish! I can has snacks whenevers!
I let other people tell me about the news comm, all it gets from me is ignoration!
I... don't watch Mad Men. ::hides:: Is it good?
Jason Isaacs is not the man. He is merely an honorable mention. The man is, in fact, Gary Oldman. Second place goes to Alan Rickman.
Jason Bourne kicks. Ass. Especially the car chases. We have the DVDs - they're some of the relatively few movies that my dad rewatches on a regular basis (compared to Moss and I). I keep meaning to read the books, Moss has been a fan of them for many years.
Pizza Hut! Godfather's is pretty good too.
Joss probably decided that the go-go boots (want them, I does) and crazy high heels of DOOM were degrading for an adult woman. Poor Joss, his heart's in the right place, but he does go a bit overboard sometimes...