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The new commenting system on LJ sucks, I think we can all agree (and all the other prospective design changes seem to be speeding it down the path of no return). Knowing LJ, it's probably not going to change no matter how much anybody complains, and as this comm is heavily based on user comments, it's probably time to consider moving. Dreamwidth is the closest to LJ's old format and has a large fandom base, and seems the best alternative for now.

So -

[Poll #1804842]

Other thoughts?

(As a note, I'm completely willing to either stay or move. Updating the comm is easy enough for me either way.)

ETA - It's not only about subject lines. Others have written up potential problems better than I could:
http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/71858.html?thread=7005874#t7005874
http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/71858.html?thread=6261682#t6261682
ETA 4 - http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/71858.html?thread=7952050#t7952050

ETA 2 - For those worried about possibly needing to make DW accounts to comment, if a move happens: you don't need one! OpenID will let you comment as an LJ user (in the same way Facebook users can comment on LJ).

ETA 3 - For those worried about missing updates: I can crosspost to LJ to let you know a post is up, I don't mind that (it's like a minute of extra work, no problem) - if the DW move happens though, the comments would be over there.

ETA 5 - Apparently, this is what we're getting next year.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I swear this stuff is putting me off of social media almost entirely. I was a FB early adopter -- my school was one of the first to get access, way back when -- and nowadays I hardly use it at all. I update for my company more than for myself. I like Twitter, but only through clients, not the page itself, and it has a chaos to it that misses the community feel. I like Tumblr, though I still can't figure out why I have it -- the dashboard isn't particularly attractive, and I hate that you can't comment but have to reblog everything. I have G+ but don't like it and so don't use it. And, yeah, my LJ use has been declining for ages -- both because of LJ's problems and because so many of my friends have stopped using it. So I'll be looking into finally switching to DW -- I handle-squatted there ages ago, and might actually start using it. I love Wordpress's interface, and I think theirs are the most attractive layouts and dashboard, so I use that for my public book review blog, but... it still doesn't have the things I do like about LJ -- the ability to privatise and f-lock entries, comment threading, and communities.

*whine; sulk* I just want my lovely early 2000s LJ back.

I've noticed this too.

I don't think it's you getting old, I'm barely in my early twenties and this new trend annoys me too like you have no idea.

It's like every trendy website is competing to see who can come up with the most eye-straining, badly organized archive-and-navigation-wise layout.