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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-05-25 04:12 pm
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1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with recaptchas and stuff).
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3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

(Today's post is below.)
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Re: "If fandom had to leave LJ then it could at least've gone to DW instead of tumblr"

(Anonymous) 2013-05-25 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
My understanding of WHY people started to leave LJ is not very clear, but I get the sense that the administrative problems (and the spam, etc) weren't really the main reason. In which case, it's just an issue of the cycle of life and death of internet platforms; people moved to tumblr because it was different from the journal format that DW still uses.

Re: "If fandom had to leave LJ then it could at least've gone to DW instead of tumblr"

(Anonymous) 2013-05-25 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I ended up leaving because the new ugly layout was giving me migraines and, from what I remember, I wasn't the only one.

Re: "If fandom had to leave LJ then it could at least've gone to DW instead of tumblr"

(Anonymous) 2013-05-25 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Reasons:

Dropping subject lines as an option for comments
Bad color scheme for the eyes
Weird threading problems
Icon selection issues
Unresponsive and uncaring administrative staff
Mass journal deletion
Losing spell check for comments
Communities not accepting posts because of a bug
Other miscellaneous bugs

These are the most commonly cited reasons for leaving, but there are definitely more. LJ had an intermediate period where it was a shithole, and while it's definitely gotten better with fixing some of the bugs, it still has its issues.

Re: "If fandom had to leave LJ then it could at least've gone to DW instead of tumblr"

(Anonymous) 2013-05-26 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, pretty much all of these. I still have a few friends and communities that haven't migrated across to DW yet, but if they ever do move over, my old LJ is getting deleted without a second thought.

Re: "If fandom had to leave LJ then it could at least've gone to DW instead of tumblr"

(Anonymous) 2013-05-26 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
i left because igrick was an asshat and everyone else powerless or apathetic
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