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Since people pointed out Saturday isn't enough time to see what LJ is doing with this or about this, moved the potential moving date to New Years' - 1/1/2012.

[Poll #1805208]

The other poll is closed and this one will be open until Dec 31st! You can edit your vote by going here.

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

1 - 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
http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/71858.html?thread=7952050#t7952050

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).

3 - For those worried about missing updates: I can crosspost to LJ to let you know a post is up (with a handy link over to it), 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.

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

5 - I'm aware workarounds are available - but those (or so I hear?) won't stay available for long. Also, those layouts have their own bugs. If someone can actually supply me with workable code that doesn't make long threads unreadable to change the layout, I'll give it a try.

6 -

raemia has an FAQ up here: http://raemia.livejournal.com/18347.html

7 - Tried the LJ workaround, give me your thoughts? Also contains links to what FS would look like on DW. Feedback on either/both?

8 - http://fandomsecrets.livejournal.com/811020.html?thread=511056908#t511056908 A good summary of the whole thing here by

demarafis.

Today's post is up below!

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What part of "I like LJ, and I don't like Dreamwidth" is so FUCKING HARD for you to understand?

Well, lots actually, now that you mention it. Some specifics would be nice...I don't know what there is to dislike about DW as I don't use it.

But I didn't dismiss that point - I didn't say anything about it one way or the other. There's information to pass on about the other points, so I did.

What kind of favours do you think I am looking for here? I asked for reasons, not favours.

Is this your tactic? Seriously? Being an obtuse, dismissive pain in the ass until people either agree with you just to shut you up or quit replying because you've given them a migraine? As other people have mentioned and as you've also dismissed, Dreamwith is both hideously designed and just as buggy as LJ.

Where are you getting that I've dismissed either of those things? I can't speak to them - as I just said above - so I didn't. If I used my DW account and thought its bugs were way less trouble than LJ's or had easy workarounds, I'd probably say something that might look like the dismissal you're complaining about. But I don't, and I haven't.

As for the design...DW is red, and LJ is blue. DW uses Verdana a lot, and LJ uses Arial. That's about all I can say about that. I think DW looks better, but it's totally subjective, they're pretty much the same anyway, and if you don't like how DW looks, that doesn't bother me. What more do you want me to say?

You're being dismissive by still insisting people are only voting to stay out of ignorance and not recognizing their preferences as valid because they're different from yours.

The first reply I read was from somebody who did not know what they were talking about. Pointing out the ignorance of that case doesn't mean that I'm rejecting all claims of "DW is ugly!"

Except when you keep pressing the issue of ignorance and how making a "misinformed" vote is somehow an "inconvenience".

You know what? Forget it. I should've been in bed an hour ago and your brand of stupidity is making my head hurt way worse than this new layout.