Oooo. Some awesome changes this week. I'm particularly looking forward to checking out the new layouts and themes!
Thank you for addressing the LJ issue. I came here earlier in the month when the latest LJ privacy fail happened, since a decent amount of my friends list either left or was talking about leaving, and I bought a paid account after reading some of your weekly updates, guiding principles, and diversity statement.
But, I very nearly didn't. I've been on LJ since 2003, and I've seen a lot of drama. I've seen people move every time to different journal systems like JournalFen, InsaneJournal, GreatestJournal, and Dreamwidth being the latest. Frankly, it gets old having people pressure you to dump something you're emotionally attached to because they've become disillusioned. Not to dismiss people's concerns, because there have definitely been very major, real issues brought up over the years, but people IMO swing too far towards vilification. And it can spread from not only the service, but to people using the service. I hate seeing that.
I think DW is all kinds of awesome and wish more folks would give it a shot, and I've talked about some of the positive things I like about you guys over on my LJ. In particular, there was a comment thread on a recent weekly update about accessibility and consideration for users with migraines. I have NEVER, EVER, EVER seen a web development company bring up concerns about making their product accessible for people with migraines, and as someone who has had them on a 3-5 a week basis... I cannot say how much I love you guys for that. Words just simply do not express.
It's stuff like that, that made me decide that I would rather support you guys as a company. I'd rather support a company that cares about its users, than a company that seems to want to drift in the direction of Facebook.
But, users bullying and guilt tripping do no favors. It took me awhile to check out DW because of it, and I myself know people who have said they have no intention of checking it out because they're tired of being made to feel like a bad person for using the LJ service. And I think it's entirely reasonable to feel that way.
So, um. To close this utterly long comment that probably makes no sense whatsoever (... this is what happens when I write comments with a migraine -_-)... thank you for being aware of the issue, and thank you for addressing it. I don't hold you guys in any way responsible for what your users are saying, but it is nice to know you don't support the bullying/etc. <3
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Thank you for addressing the LJ issue. I came here earlier in the month when the latest LJ privacy fail happened, since a decent amount of my friends list either left or was talking about leaving, and I bought a paid account after reading some of your weekly updates, guiding principles, and diversity statement.
But, I very nearly didn't. I've been on LJ since 2003, and I've seen a lot of drama. I've seen people move every time to different journal systems like JournalFen, InsaneJournal, GreatestJournal, and Dreamwidth being the latest. Frankly, it gets old having people pressure you to dump something you're emotionally attached to because they've become disillusioned. Not to dismiss people's concerns, because there have definitely been very major, real issues brought up over the years, but people IMO swing too far towards vilification. And it can spread from not only the service, but to people using the service. I hate seeing that.
I think DW is all kinds of awesome and wish more folks would give it a shot, and I've talked about some of the positive things I like about you guys over on my LJ. In particular, there was a comment thread on a recent weekly update about accessibility and consideration for users with migraines. I have NEVER, EVER, EVER seen a web development company bring up concerns about making their product accessible for people with migraines, and as someone who has had them on a 3-5 a week basis... I cannot say how much I love you guys for that. Words just simply do not express.
It's stuff like that, that made me decide that I would rather support you guys as a company. I'd rather support a company that cares about its users, than a company that seems to want to drift in the direction of Facebook.
But, users bullying and guilt tripping do no favors. It took me awhile to check out DW because of it, and I myself know people who have said they have no intention of checking it out because they're tired of being made to feel like a bad person for using the LJ service. And I think it's entirely reasonable to feel that way.
So, um. To close this utterly long comment that probably makes no sense whatsoever (... this is what happens when I write comments with a migraine -_-)... thank you for being aware of the issue, and thank you for addressing it. I don't hold you guys in any way responsible for what your users are saying, but it is nice to know you don't support the bullying/etc. <3