Crossposting this With my Lj ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
heileen
So, some weeks ago, I put this LJ on hold, because I was feeling uneasy, weary or furious of a lot of things happening there.
One of this many things was that I didn't feel free to post without being friend-locked, which I always hated. I decided to have an internet journal to share things with people, not to talk only with some happy few, and dodge the trolling. And honestly, trolling on LJ has become huge. I wanted to feel free to post pictures of me in costume, even when the costume in question is a corset. Then, there was the fact that I had several aggressive anonymous comments on my few public posts. And, people on LJ have become less friendly, probably because of all this.
I thought my LJ would be on hold for quite some time, but in the meantime, the Grrrrreat LJ-Crossposting-Comments Debacle happened, and it quite settled it for me. I was done with LJ. I waited a bit, because I wanted to be sure of it, but actually, the wait help me discover what LJ had really become.
I don't care that they pretend that they're going the fix the current complain about cross-posting, I actually think they WON'T, and that's it's only the top of the Iceberg of the many changes they are going to make in the future. I don't trust the LJ staff , because I discovered that they troll comments themselves (because, you know, anonymous commentators aren't enough), and they even post creepy comments on some girl's locked post.
So, I have made myself a new Journal : it's on Dreamwidth, and it's everything that LJ was to me when I first created my LJ, many years ago. My post aren't friend locked, and I'm no mere afraid of trolling. And the Staff seems quite cool.
I will keep this LJ, for the friend-list, and occasionnaly crosspost my finished costumed here, but that will be all.
I know most of my Friend list won't move, and that in some time, many of you will have forget about the whole Debacle. Only those who are really interested in my journal will come and read it regularly now, but it's ok with me. It's like a new beginning, but all pros, no cons.
heileenSo, some weeks ago, I put this LJ on hold, because I was feeling uneasy, weary or furious of a lot of things happening there.
One of this many things was that I didn't feel free to post without being friend-locked, which I always hated. I decided to have an internet journal to share things with people, not to talk only with some happy few, and dodge the trolling. And honestly, trolling on LJ has become huge. I wanted to feel free to post pictures of me in costume, even when the costume in question is a corset. Then, there was the fact that I had several aggressive anonymous comments on my few public posts. And, people on LJ have become less friendly, probably because of all this.
I thought my LJ would be on hold for quite some time, but in the meantime, the Grrrrreat LJ-Crossposting-Comments Debacle happened, and it quite settled it for me. I was done with LJ. I waited a bit, because I wanted to be sure of it, but actually, the wait help me discover what LJ had really become.
I don't care that they pretend that they're going the fix the current complain about cross-posting, I actually think they WON'T, and that's it's only the top of the Iceberg of the many changes they are going to make in the future. I don't trust the LJ staff , because I discovered that they troll comments themselves (because, you know, anonymous commentators aren't enough), and they even post creepy comments on some girl's locked post.
So, I have made myself a new Journal : it's on Dreamwidth, and it's everything that LJ was to me when I first created my LJ, many years ago. My post aren't friend locked, and I'm no mere afraid of trolling. And the Staff seems quite cool.
I will keep this LJ, for the friend-list, and occasionnaly crosspost my finished costumed here, but that will be all.
I know most of my Friend list won't move, and that in some time, many of you will have forget about the whole Debacle. Only those who are really interested in my journal will come and read it regularly now, but it's ok with me. It's like a new beginning, but all pros, no cons.
