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I mentioned earlier the LJ drama... apparently, it is continuing to grow, as more people catch onto the drift of LJ's plans for us.
Comments on the design thread: the plan seems to users to be to move the older, established LJ bloggers to VOX, while leaving the "majority" (HA) population, aka teenagers, here on LJ with teen/youth focused features ( Read more... )
Comments on the design thread: the plan seems to users to be to move the older, established LJ bloggers to VOX, while leaving the "majority" (HA) population, aka teenagers, here on LJ with teen/youth focused features ( Read more... )
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I really hoped SixApart would be good for LiveJournal. Instead, I get the impression that no one really cares whether the users are satisfied, and the LiveJournal crew seems to be wasting their time on completely useless and, frankly, rather bad features. The new info page is just one example. When did they stop caring about actually improving things around here? I remember LiveJournal before SixApart as positively dynamic and in a constant interaction with their users. What happened to that?
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This is HORRIBLE business practice. WHY do you want to upset the people you built your reputation on? Businesses thrive by giving their users MORE options, not CLOSING down options. Yes, I know they want to grow their business. But look, if I want VOX I will buy VOX, and if I want LJ I will buy LJ. This seems like a very logical business plan to me. Why is this hard for SixApart to understand?
I was considering subscribing to LJ. Now I'm not so sure.
And why why why WHY must these be separate communities? VOX page says it "plays well with other services". Will that include, oh, I don't know, LIVEJOURNAL? Or will it be as separate as MySpaceMyContentDonationToMurdoch? This separation of the services makes little sense sociologically (it may make more sense code-wise).
I like my shell and I want to stay in it, said the turtle.
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