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Vicky Victoria ([personal profile] vickyblueeyez) wrote in [community profile] lj_refugees2011-12-21 09:03 am
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LJ took away subject lines

Not many are happy http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/71858.html
I wonder how many will come over here now.
moem: A computer drawing that looks like me. (Default)

[personal profile] moem 2011-12-21 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
You know what they say: the more, the merrier.

Looks like we'll have a merry Christmas here on DW!
amihan: close-up of sun jing, character from the manhua tamen de gushi/their story by tan jiu, wearing school uniform ([doctor who] river (look))

[personal profile] amihan 2011-12-21 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the subject lines among other horrible changes. The current layout makes it difficult to navigate through long comment threads :(

I am hoping many people come over here and enjoy their stay. Dreamwidth is awesome :D

teamrodent: (Maurice Richard)

Go, subject lines!

[personal profile] teamrodent 2011-12-21 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Are they also having yet another attack?
moem: A computer drawing that looks like me. (Default)

Re: Go, subject lines!

[personal profile] moem 2011-12-21 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Not as far as I've heard.
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[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-21 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
they didn't took away the just subject lines. they also took away icons list, notes for users (paid feauture), spellcheck, preview. it amazes me how they're dumb enough to ignore thousands of complaints from users that will not put up with that shit and only reply to the ones that say "omg I love it! you go lj!". people will start leaving lj, because the staff crossed all the lines with what they did.
I hope more people will see the light and esccape that abusive relationsip.
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[personal profile] ursamajor 2011-12-21 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
... whoa, I didn't realize. They took away *spellcheck* and *preview*? ... right, no more preview button, so no more spellcheck, and good god.
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[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-21 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
ikr. next thing you know they'll take away "post comment" button. it's such a dumb move, I can't.
moem: A computer drawing that looks like me. (Default)

[personal profile] moem 2011-12-21 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
And 'quote' is gone, too.
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[personal profile] lirren 2011-12-21 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa, wait. They took away the notes? GAH. I was already irritated about all the other changes, but that one really angers me. I used that feature to avoid comments by users who have been problematic for me in the past.
yvonne: (Default)

[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-21 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
yes, they didn't even mention getting rid of the notes, because they basically fucked up, because notes were in the same line with subject, so by deleting subject they got rid of the notes. I don't know how it works, I just read this explanation.

all the ~upgrades~ they made were useless, they cut main options, that most of people used, if not all.

not to mention how the new comments make my eyes hurt. it really is that bad.
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[identity profile] fiddlingfrog.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Note are still there, they just work like when they were first introduced. See a username with an asterix at the end, hover over the name, and the note pops up as title text.
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[personal profile] marilla_pm67 2011-12-21 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you kidding, how didn't I notice that ???

Well I did now, and you know what .... I can't even comment there anymore...

Sam
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[personal profile] ithilwen 2011-12-21 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't link directly to a specific comment that's buried way down in a comment thread anymore, either. Or collapse the upper part of an over-long thread to keep the comments below from being squeezed way over to the right of the page.

Didn't anyone over at LJ THINK before they rolled this "improvement" out?
szmandalove: (Greg -- gorgeous)

[personal profile] szmandalove 2011-12-22 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
LJ "techs" actually THINKING about whether or not their fuckups will screw the userbase over? Perish the thought.
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[personal profile] ithilwen 2011-12-22 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Good point!
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[personal profile] primsong 2011-12-21 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just happy to see at least a few are finally realizing there is another (and so much nicer!) alternative - many welcomes to all the new DWth folk, and a very Merry Christmas indeed.
tracytennant: (Eric -- curious)

[personal profile] tracytennant 2011-12-21 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking away the drop-down menu for icon selection also makes it nearly impossible for those of us with slow connections to post using the icon we want to post with.

LJ is officially in its final death throes at this point.
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[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-21 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
they're digging their own grave and enjoy that.
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[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-21 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
can't wait to see stats for the number of new accounts made today.
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[personal profile] dantesspirit 2011-12-21 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Enough are migrating that DW had to bring another server online to handle the load, as well as more importers.

I give LJ a year at best before it's a ghost town. Especially if they keep this sort of crap up.
pebblerocker: A worried orange dragon, holding an umbrella, gazes at the sky. (Default)

Welcome new refugees!

[personal profile] pebblerocker 2011-12-22 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
I've had a foot firmly in both camps for a long time, but as LJ looks worse and worse I think it's time I made DW my main home.
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Re: Welcome new refugees!

[personal profile] krissasaur 2011-12-22 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
mte.
yvonne: (Default)

[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-22 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
yesterday 21903 new accounts were made, I'm so happy to know people are joining.
jenna_marianne: drawing of girl with brown hair and pink scarf (Default)

[personal profile] jenna_marianne 2011-12-22 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW, that's a lot of people in one day. Not to mention the many people that already had accounts that are becoming active (like me)
yvonne: (Default)

[personal profile] yvonne 2011-12-23 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
wow, I just checked stats and yesterday it was even more - 34257. over 56000 in two days.
full_on_zombie: (Pinkitty)

[personal profile] full_on_zombie 2011-12-24 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Just wanted to say, I was really pleased reading these comments! I'm glad the classic DW users are welcoming us from LJ <3

Thank you!

Also, thank you [personal profile] moem
I was able to import all my old journals from LJ due to your tutorial :)
arethinn: glowing green spiral (Default)

[personal profile] arethinn 2011-12-27 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Blessing in disguise for me, personally: I hate comment subjects because they get used to populate the subject line of notification emails, instead of "Reply to your comment" or "Reply to a comment" when you've subscribed to a thread. Thus it was not possible to tell at a glance whether a comment was a direct reply to me or not if someone had typed in a subject. And apparently because they've taken away previewing, they've turned on comment editing for everyone, which has long been a paid feature, and one of the few I truly missed when I stopped paying for LJ a few years ago.
Edited 2011-12-27 00:50 (UTC)