Why I hate IJ and LJ

[zortrana]

For those who haven't already heard this rant, I hate IJ because I don't like the whole "insane" journal, "patients" , "asylums", etc. concept. I know it's supposed to be funny, but to me it isn't. And it probably won't ever be funny to me. It's disrespectful to the mentally ill, in my opinion.  
I also hate IJ for the ads, because you can't seem to

Comments

[firehead30]

I don't care for insane journal. It takes forever to get into it and what not. I don't care for the name either. I don't find the term insane journal funny or amusing.

I don't care for LJ's practices...but then again I am lazy, I can actually get into LJ, post entries and read my flist, so you know, moral complications here.

I don't shop at Wal-Mart, I refuse to eat fast food (meat packing industry) etc and I try to shop locally...but you know, sometimes I am about ready to simply give up having a journal or buying in general. I am tired of everything having to be a politcal battle or statement.

Catch me tomorrow, perhaps I will be better able to take on China with my Hummer then.

[zortrana]

I know what you mean about being tired. And my feet get very cold. All socks are Chinese. I am wearing evil Chinese socks at this very moment.

But I do continue to talk about naked men and graphic sexual acts in my LJ. *kicks the LJ morality police with Chinese-sock covered foot*

[flamencanyc]

On IJ if you go here:
www.insanejournal.com/manage/siteopts.bml
and select "lynx, text only" it gets rid of all the ads! And Tweak (which irritated me even more than the ads).

Give it a shot. I couldn't have been more thrilled when I figured that out. I ended up getting a permanent account later, but almost didn't because this was such a great solution.

I have no idea if there's any similar work-around on LJ, sorry.

Hope this helps.

By the way, I hate the whole "insane" thing too.
But I do have a lot of friends and favorite fandom things that only exist there, so I deal with it, and lodge an opinion on the subject to their powers that be on occasion.

[zortrana]

I'll definitely try that on IJ. Thanks. LJ has never needed a work around because you have always had the option of a free account with no ads, which is what I had until last spring. Now that option is being taken away.
I don't like Tweak either!

[flamencanyc]

No problem. It should do the trick. It sounds like an option that would give you a totally formatless true text only interface, but it's not. It does, however, eliminate the ads and Tweak!

True about LJ.

To clarify, I don't mind that Tweak exists as long as I don't have to look at him. I mean, apparently reading and contributing to his little quotes makes some people very happy (though that seems like even more of a useless timesuck than LJ/IJ itself!) and that's fine. It's just his looks. I find his looks totally annoying and creepy, so I was glad I was able to get rid of him. I wouldn't have minded him at all if he was cute or neutral rather than creepy and annoying, and only appeared very small at the top of my f-list, rather than huge and at the top of every damned page. Frank the goat is dumb, but at least he isn't creepy looking and doesn't show up on every page.

[shadownyc]

You should definitely see if you can find some way to remove the LJ ads. I keep a permanent account because I do like some of the additions it offers so I don't deal with ads.

While I have friends on IJ and will comment from time to time, for personal reasons I find the terms offensive and thoughtless. For the same reason when my daughter hears people banter about with the term "retard" she gets quite irritated. She's actually educated quite a few people over the years.

I hope you can find a happy medium online. Some of the business of these journals can get to a person.

[zortrana]

I have a paid journal, so I think I'm okay with not getting the ads. It's just that the new people won't have the option, as I did, of having a free, commercial-free LJ anymore. It's not a happy, positive change!

Your daughter is great! *Aragorn raises his sword in salute*

[leftbase]

I really wish I could draw!

This post is old now, but I agree with you completely. From what I read in other journals, it seems that LJ asks for comments and then totally ignores them. Every time I log in now, I expect to find that my account has been "upgraded" but so far it hasn't happened. Hopefully I'll never feel a need to move to IJ.

Your sister's birthday wish is what brought me over here this time. I friended you, and have no idea why I waited so long. Happy Birthday! :)

[zortrana]

Thanks for the birthday wishes. I will friend you back ASAP and then you will be "treated" to my unedited life.