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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.

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NAYRT

I do know about triggers. I have them myself, and I have been triggered before. I know what it feels like. Yet I still think people who are triggered by strings of words need to be in therapy. If you are that fucking broken that you will cease to function due to printed words of all things, you should not be online. You need to get off the internet and get some goddamn help to manage your triggers instead of demanding the world warn you for everything. It's not and never will be anyone else's responsibility to babysit you.

I've been thinking a lot about this comment, and I see where you are coming from. I agree that people who have triggers should be getting help. However, I don't think that someone should GTFO of a comm that consistantly used trigger warnings in comment subjects. Cuz the whole point of using trigger warnings is to let people know the content of the comments, thereby making that comm "safe" for those individuals. For comms that did not require trigger warnings, then yeah, that individual should not be there.

Since the exact changes to comment headings were not announced, and the comment subject display is not consistant for each layout style, even IF people did warn for triggers they might not have known that their warnings were going to be displayed differently. Now that people know how the new subject headings are displayed, it will help. But I can see how people might have been upset because they didn't know the warning system of their "safe" comm was changing and became triggered as a result.

tl;dr:
I agree people with triggers should be seeking help. I agree that people with triggers who visit places without requirements for trigger warnings should have know better.

I do not agree that people who have triggers who visit comms that require trigger warnings should GTFO and not be there in the first place, because they didn't know that a sudden, unannounced change in the trigger warning system would make trigger warnings not work as they were intended.