Wouldn't that be so great, the folding in? It would be so attractive to have the capability, if it really does work out.
That totally makes sense to me. If there weren't HP people specifically who don't post on LJ or don't hang out much on LJ, I don't know if I would have developed a presence at IJ/a filter on IJ to read regularly.
Also, with IJ, I think Strikethrough happened, and many people felt unhappy, and IJ was sort of already there with its limited functionality, so it was a haven at the time (and continues to be for some).
But with DW, it's been developed with LJ users in mind, over time to take account of the things people do and don't like about LJ in terms of its capabilities as well as its policies. So the move there will work a bit differently, I think, even though some people still will just do name-squatting or post there only temporarily.
Oh no! I'd say don't be anxious about the seed accounts, because I think they really, really will offer them again. And, I don't know, if you go with the $20/year option for the regular level paid account, that's not too much money wasted if you get to buy a seed or permanent account, like, a year later?
Oh, I think I'll post at LJ forever! I have a permanent account here (it was a gift from an anonymous donor) so there's just no way I won't post here too. And it's here I have the most cultivated and mutal friends-list -- I know who everyone *is*, all the people who might read a locked post of mine. Though I've got friends on IJ, I don't have the same thing with my flist there, because I pretty much added back everyone, and then created a filter so I wouldn't be double-reading people cross-posting. Later that filter became more refined: HP people entirely, who post some sort of fandom-related stuff regularly. LJ is the place where, no matter what my fandom is or these other people's fandoms are, there are just certain groups of people I'll keep up with no matter where we're targeting our squee. And LJ just offered such a great and welcome platform for posting and reading and sharing fandom related stuff...I'm awfully attached to it, and I just can't forsee a time when I won't be, even if I'm cross-posting places and feeling like Semagic is my home more than a particular journalling service.
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That totally makes sense to me. If there weren't HP people specifically who don't post on LJ or don't hang out much on LJ, I don't know if I would have developed a presence at IJ/a filter on IJ to read regularly.
Also, with IJ, I think Strikethrough happened, and many people felt unhappy, and IJ was sort of already there with its limited functionality, so it was a haven at the time (and continues to be for some).
But with DW, it's been developed with LJ users in mind, over time to take account of the things people do and don't like about LJ in terms of its capabilities as well as its policies. So the move there will work a bit differently, I think, even though some people still will just do name-squatting or post there only temporarily.
Oh no! I'd say don't be anxious about the seed accounts, because I think they really, really will offer them again. And, I don't know, if you go with the $20/year option for the regular level paid account, that's not too much money wasted if you get to buy a seed or permanent account, like, a year later?
Oh, I think I'll post at LJ forever! I have a permanent account here (it was a gift from an anonymous donor) so there's just no way I won't post here too. And it's here I have the most cultivated and mutal friends-list -- I know who everyone *is*, all the people who might read a locked post of mine. Though I've got friends on IJ, I don't have the same thing with my flist there, because I pretty much added back everyone, and then created a filter so I wouldn't be double-reading people cross-posting. Later that filter became more refined: HP people entirely, who post some sort of fandom-related stuff regularly. LJ is the place where, no matter what my fandom is or these other people's fandoms are, there are just certain groups of people I'll keep up with no matter where we're targeting our squee. And LJ just offered such a great and welcome platform for posting and reading and sharing fandom related stuff...I'm awfully attached to it, and I just can't forsee a time when I won't be, even if I'm cross-posting places and feeling like Semagic is my home more than a particular journalling service.