Well I'm grateful that we had the opportunity to connect, however slightly, in the short time that both of us were here. (Please note, by the way, that the change from Waterloo to Kings X cuts travel time from my house to your house by at least half an hour on the train! I haven't tried the new station yet, but I'm going to have to arrange a trip sometime soon.)
Well, we´re still very much in touch, what with your site, phone, email, snail mail, and our common writing interests ;)
Also, this isn´t an issue of leaving in a tiff because of some flamewar or a troll; it´s an objective and long-mulled decision.
I like and respect all the individuals in my friend-list as much as before, and whether they choose to stay in Lj or not is entirely their own decision and doesn´t affect my real esteem for them :)
This journal will stay up just to keep in touch with them, and I´ll give the link of the new place Helena has so kindly provided as soon as it´s up, to those who still with to stay in touch.
I hope there are no hard feelings because of this; again, it´s not any of you, or even Lj; it´s the company who´s taken over.
Another thought: by "private data" I mean also your credit card info now in the hands of SUP, if ever you used it to buy an account or even a Lj gift for someone else.
Re: LJ - Society for the Promotion of Dobby Elf Welfaremax_und_moritzDecember 7 2007, 08:39:23 UTC
Yes, well, Dobby Hearst Ltd is an old remote professional acquaintance, to put it succintly. I´m so sorry they took over Livejournal; there are so many nice folks here and most don´t know exactly who they´re dealing with now. Ah well - this is the Internet era and the info is out there for those who really want to find out :)
LOL, no, it was one of the early US Presidents, I forget which; Stalin just borrowed, like in so much else.
Please let me know, if you move, where you can be found, OK? (I´ll post mine here as soon as it´s up) There´s no way I´m losing touch with you, Iz! Also, I´ll salvage the wishcrafter stuff and post it wherever you want - or you can copy it yourself and save it on your disk, as you wish? We still have a long task to finish there, he he.
Re: LJ - Society for the Promotion of Dobby Elf WelfareizmeinaDecember 7 2007, 15:12:17 UTC
Izzie has an alternative lurking ground over at a certain lunatic asylum Problem is of course that the big attraction of Dobby Journal is the communities and networks of friends. Once you move, you lose all those but there's no problem with staying to keep in touch and stuff. Ever so glad that the Izzie's been using LJ Book in order to keep an offline pdf back up in case anything should happen. Personally, the Izzie's not a paid member and has never provided credit card details so Dobby and friends will not get a single brass knut out of this serpent. But the Russian area of LJ were not so happy when SUV got their paws on their bit last year and no they've gone and snatched the whole thing, one wonders what evil schemes are in store
Would also be most interested in joining your circle of friends. Just checked the 'missing' linkie somewhere later in this post but you got to have a recommendation from the inside to be able to join
Well, as I said above this is in no way a reflection about how I feel for my entire flist, and especially about those dear friends I´ve been lucky enough to meet in person :) it´s just an objective safety measure, if you will, as you know I´m a paranoid belts-and-garter-and-sash-and-suspenders type... everybody is perfectly free to do as they wish and it won´t change my appreciation or fondness for them one bit. I´m not critising in any way whatever decision they take, either. Everyone has their reasons.
I´ll keep this one up to read and comment on other people´s journals, for those who don´t get angry because they don´t understand why I prefer not to go on posting here, and allow me to go on sharing their journals. BTW, I´m also cancelling my credit card at once and requesting a new one.
As soon as the new one´s up (link provided by Helena below) I´ll certainly share it with you, no question!
Just so that you don't think I am "miffed" because you are going. Not so, I respect anyone who does. ;D I've known your reasons for your move quite some time.I'd definitely like to stay in contact with you (hope you do not doubt that).
I've only seen in the past year how difficult it is. No email, no sailmail, maybe a call (for which I'm grateful) once in a blue moon which is just not enough for any in-depth discussion or prolongued lunacy.
*shrugs shoulders*
Thanks for your offer of putting up a link to where you're going. Btw, wordpress TOS is not so hot either...
The journal will not be run on the wordpress site. I am providing the hosting, it will just use the wordrpess templates and set up. My TOS doesn't include references to decency, politics or religion.
I'm cancelling my paid subscription here. I may still cross post.
What I can do till the D-x replacement will finally be back is provide a number of people with a wordpress ran journal. But only if I know you, or if you get a recommendation from Krisz :). Krisz already has a back up.
Oh, that´s a good idea - hadn´t thought about cross-posting, for links of general interests re: health, virus warnings, and such stuff that is useful to others :))
Thank you very, very much, Helena; I´m setting it up this afternoon, and look forward to reverting to my old nasty Bohunk ways ;)
Thank you very much! I think I´ll fall back on Krisztina ;) I´ll hop over there right now and see how I fare (I promise not to touch anything dangerous-looking! o.O)
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Also, this isn´t an issue of leaving in a tiff because of some flamewar or a troll; it´s an objective and long-mulled decision.
I like and respect all the individuals in my friend-list as much as before, and whether they choose to stay in Lj or not is entirely their own decision and doesn´t affect my real esteem for them :)
This journal will stay up just to keep in touch with them, and I´ll give the link of the new place Helena has so kindly provided as soon as it´s up, to those who still with to stay in touch.
I hope there are no hard feelings because of this; again, it´s not any of you, or even Lj; it´s the company who´s taken over.
Another thought: by "private data" I mean also your credit card info now in the hands of SUP, if ever you used it to buy an account or even a Lj gift for someone else.
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LOL, no, it was one of the early US Presidents, I forget which; Stalin just borrowed, like in so much else.
Please let me know, if you move, where you can be found, OK? (I´ll post mine here as soon as it´s up) There´s no way I´m losing touch with you, Iz! Also, I´ll salvage the wishcrafter stuff and post it wherever you want - or you can copy it yourself and save it on your disk, as you wish? We still have a long task to finish there, he he.
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Problem is of course that the big attraction of Dobby Journal is the communities and networks of friends. Once you move, you lose all those but there's no problem with staying to keep in touch and stuff.
Ever so glad that the Izzie's been using LJ Book in order to keep an offline pdf back up in case anything should happen.
Personally, the Izzie's not a paid member and has never provided credit card details so Dobby and friends will not get a single brass knut out of this serpent. But the Russian area of LJ were not so happy when SUV got their paws on their bit last year and no they've gone and snatched the whole thing, one wonders what evil schemes are in store
Would also be most interested in joining your circle of friends. Just checked the 'missing' linkie somewhere later in this post but you got to have a recommendation from the inside to be able to join
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I´ll keep this one up to read and comment on other people´s journals, for those who don´t get angry because they don´t understand why I prefer not to go on posting here, and allow me to go on sharing their journals. BTW, I´m also cancelling my credit card at once and requesting a new one.
As soon as the new one´s up (link provided by Helena below) I´ll certainly share it with you, no question!
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I've only seen in the past year how difficult it is. No email, no sailmail, maybe a call (for which I'm grateful) once in a blue moon which is just not enough for any in-depth discussion or prolongued lunacy.
*shrugs shoulders*
Thanks for your offer of putting up a link to where you're going. Btw, wordpress TOS is not so hot either...
Have a pleasant 2nd Advent. :D
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The URL would be http://username.missingd-x.com
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What I can do till the D-x replacement will finally be back is provide a number of people with a wordpress ran journal. But only if I know you, or if you get a recommendation from Krisz :). Krisz already has a back up.
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Thank you very, very much, Helena; I´m setting it up this afternoon, and look forward to reverting to my old nasty Bohunk ways ;)
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