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meridian_rose"LiveJournal U.S. has quietly downsized over the past few months, leaving the Internet’s oldest blogging platform almost entirely under Russian management."
http://www.dailydot.com/news/livejournal-shut-down-us-office/
via http://lj-refugees.dreamwidth.org/61638.html
I'm increasingly glad to have a DW account. If more comms would migrate over, I'd need LJ less. I've already moved my rss feeds over to DW and do most of my posting direct to DW and x-post here. DW actually notifies users in advance of making changes, make posts as soon as there is a problem, and generally try to engage with and support their users. Rather than the "LOL, we've updated the site again" LJ news posts that make my heart sink because there's bound to be something no longer working.
[Edit: and I've just reposted an entry about the new proposed crappy layout. I hate infinite scrolling, I turn it off on Tumblr. I'm using a layout I like. I am using a site skin added via greasemonkey so I don't get migraines from using LJ's default blinding white space comment pages. Do Not Want more shitty changes to have to work around]
And while I'm having a whine about online services, read about Amazon UK's poor customer service:
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/
This is why if I'm ever in a position to afford an ereader it won't be a Kindle any more than I'd choose an iPlayer as an MP3 player. DRM is awful and "protects" business interests over the consumers who've paid for these electronic goods. You don't own these books, you only rent them, and companies can and have retroactively censored, deleted, or blocked access to paid for products. I love digital media but sometimes hard copies are better.
http://www.dailydot.com/news/livejournal-shut-down-us-office/
via http://lj-refugees.dreamwidth.org/61638.html
I'm increasingly glad to have a DW account. If more comms would migrate over, I'd need LJ less. I've already moved my rss feeds over to DW and do most of my posting direct to DW and x-post here. DW actually notifies users in advance of making changes, make posts as soon as there is a problem, and generally try to engage with and support their users. Rather than the "LOL, we've updated the site again" LJ news posts that make my heart sink because there's bound to be something no longer working.
[Edit: and I've just reposted an entry about the new proposed crappy layout. I hate infinite scrolling, I turn it off on Tumblr. I'm using a layout I like. I am using a site skin added via greasemonkey so I don't get migraines from using LJ's default blinding white space comment pages. Do Not Want more shitty changes to have to work around]
And while I'm having a whine about online services, read about Amazon UK's poor customer service:
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/
This is why if I'm ever in a position to afford an ereader it won't be a Kindle any more than I'd choose an iPlayer as an MP3 player. DRM is awful and "protects" business interests over the consumers who've paid for these electronic goods. You don't own these books, you only rent them, and companies can and have retroactively censored, deleted, or blocked access to paid for products. I love digital media but sometimes hard copies are better.
