Some thoughts about LJ and IJ

[louiselux]

It's not really a shock that a director of a large corporation is opinionated and hardheaded. Still, it's pretty depressing when they're also arrogant and insulting and really somewhat scary. Now I want to particpate in the content strike simply because I find him offensive. Anton Nosik, director of the blogging side of SUP, speaks about the planned strike.

The theme of Insane Journal makes me cringe. Also, the site design and motifs are ugly beyond the telling. I do not want to move there. Also, wouldn't it just evenutally have all the same problems and dramas as livejournal, except with less choice? I don't really know anything about the infrastructure of IJ, but the theme and the look of it suggests to me that it's not ready to cope with a mass migration. But! Something needs to be done.

Anyway, scribblemoose is far more upbeat and positive about this than I am. *hearts scribblemoose*

Comments

[2metaldog.livejournal.com]

After reading that interview, I'm going along with the no-post protest. Nothing says we value our client base like being treated with the same sense of distaste/disgust as when stepping bare-foot in warm dog dodo. I believe my icon is rather appropriate to my feelings.

I have an account at IJ and so far, it's been pretty good there (although I don't post much). They had a fair sized influx when strikethrough happened and seemed to handle it okay. Things are still rather small there in comparison to comms and groups that you find here on LJ. I'm sure that will change if/when more people make the jump to other blogging sites.