Livejournal's latest stupdity

[crazed_delusion]

The fact they posted a link to this on their front page is really just sad. But I suppose this is the word for word proof that they don't give a crap about their old users

"LiveJournal's leadership has made it clear that their future American business strategy lies in generating new traffic rather than catering to the service's current small-but-loyal membership. The challenge for Petrochenko and other executives at LiveJournal will be redefining the brand's identity in a crowded media marketplace."

Link to article

Comments

[everythingshiny]

ahahahaha says so much

[colls]

I sense pending doom of LJ

I'm so irritated that I have a permanent account

[yvonne]

when that shit started my first thought was sucks for permanents=( it's like you paid so much money but they still don't give a shit.

[proseac]

I thought it was really interesting that one of the other featured communities on the LJ home page today is customers_suck. Talk about Freudian...

[yvonne]

lj will die in fire. I hate it sfm.

[catchmelike]

I love lj for the sense of community there (which I don't really feel here due to the reading list vs. friends list and other reasons), and I've sort of stood with them through a lot hoping that they would realize they were fucking themselves. However this ...pretty much seals it for me. I've had a permanent account for long enough that it's paid for itself, so I don't feel like I've lost money on it, but I'm still disappointed.

[realrose]

God. I really might leave LJ. Or at least leave LJ's fandom communities and just read friends journals.