Sunday thoughts

[dydan]

I thought long and hard overnight about my move to DW. When I told Jared last night about the creepy staff stalking incident along with the staff trolling going on he was astounded.

Before we went to bed, I changed my browser's home page to DW. That was...HUGE for me as LJ has been my default home page for YEARS now.

I'm a little sad that some of my beloved LJ friends wont be migrating. I understand not everyone is going to care or have the issue I have with all of this. And truthfully, since the bulk of my posting is under an F-lock, I am minimally affected by the whole LiveTwitFace issue. But the stalking? The harassment? Deleting comments? That's just not something I am willing to endorse with my hard-earned dollars and the site traffic my blog draws in. And while I am well-aware that my little blog pales in comparison to the traffic the more "famous" LJ'ers bring, I still feel that my defection will add to the growing numbers of other loyal users who have left for safer harbor.

Dreamwidth is far from perfect. They are still relatively young and are right now a small pond. And that's ok. I remember when LJ was a small pond and right now I feel like I've been foolishly holding on to that fond memory in the hopes that the Russian Mafia at SUP would return LJ to those glory days. They wont. They simply dont care. And that's fine...it is a business after all and they are free to run it or mismanage it however they want to.

Doesnt mean I have to stay there and be a party to that. And I wont.

Guess I'll be hosting and/or participating in a few Friending Frenzies! But at least here in DW I wont be stalked/harassed by the staff.

Comments

[mrs_tribble]

I won't be leaving LJ completely because I own/help to manage too many communities, but I'm going to seriously consider starting up the ones I own over here.

Certainly I'll not be posting my more sensitive entries to LJ any more; largely because my sister has suddenly decided to reciprocate and add me to her friends list after five years of my having my current LJ name (she always said she didn't need to add me back since her LJ is public, and so this is a little suspect).

i followed the link

[rainflowermoon]

Hi there :) I can't remember if I added you early on, so I just did so again. Let me know if anything is wonky, ok?
BTW, love to you and Jared, and feel free to pimp me as a friending frenzy! *G*

[consectari]

I went through and deleted some stuff I wouldn't necessarily want left behind on an abandoned account. I'm not planning to delete and will probably still read the people who are only over there but...hello, Dreamwidth, I plan to stay!

[qt3_14159]

I don't know if I'll post over here...I don't have a clue how it works. LOL I'm kinda a dumbass sometimes. ;o)
But I'm glad you feel safer over here. :o)

[dorei.livejournal.com]

no worries. I have a permanent account here, and have for five years or so. So I have never given the russian LJ any of my money.

[blue-eye.livejournal.com]

I have a permanent account here, so I am not going anywhere. Not sure what I will do with my DW account...maybe as a different kind of blog.

[magsmom.livejournal.com]

I'm staying here. I long ago gave up any illusion of privacy if I post things on the internet. Nothing is private. Some things are LESS public, but nothing is private. If LJ blows up, that will be the end of my time here - but I cannot believe another site will make any difference.

[wndrdr.livejournal.com]

nods i sort of understand. but i know truth be told it isnt a matter of any place you go, every single place is exactly the same on privacy issues. its the internet.

so i am not 'moving' anywhere else to begin again knowing the the exact problems here is there and everywhere else.

tis the 'net'... it isnt private, never will be.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

I'll see you there? Same username?

[russellbluewolf.livejournal.com]

i honestly dont know if i will move,as the only reason i have a LJ account is to read your's and a few other friends lj...

[julifox.livejournal.com]

I will not be moving. I looked over there and the main page looks an awful lot like LJ to me. Why should I pay someone twice as much for the same stuff I have here? If all my friends head over there, or if LJ should implode, or both, I will just discontinue my journal and not have one anymore. It's not like I post a whole heck of a lot out here anyway. I'm mostly out on FB lately.

[the-dark-snack.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!