MOD ANNOUNCEMENT -- LIVEJOURNAL VS DREAMWIDTH DISCUSSION

[singularitymods.livejournal.com]

In light of the recent changes to LJ's user interface, we feel that it's time to have a discussion about the potential of moving Singularity from LJ to Dreamwidth, a journaling service that is a fork of earlier LJ code. Of course we mods have our opinions, but we would like to hear our players' thoughts before making a decision.

We're aware that either option will make some players unhappy, so please be careful to keep this a discussion and not an argument.

Some information to consider: LJ will not be rolling back the changes made with Release 88. See the proposed new site design here and the lj_releases post about R88 bug fixes and future design plans here. (That link goes to a comment explaining that subject lines are gone forever in default comment pages.) LJ is planning to offer an S2 style that mimics the old S1 style within a few weeks. Not directly related to R88, but definitely something that should be part of the discussion is that LJ has had some questionable dealings with users. The linked post is very anti-LJ, but we provided it despite a lack of neutrality because it has a great deal of factual information on how LJ deals with its users.

Dreamwidth was founded in 2009 after some LJ users became concerned with how LJ was interacting with customers, resulting in a less-commercial set of operating principles than LJ. They will be implementing community imports within the next few weeks (scroll down), and description of the RP-relevant differences between LJ and DW is available here.

Edit: If you can't comment because of the style changes to LJ, please feel free either to contact the mods through another channel, or ask another player to post on your behalf. Just make sure it's clear who's speaking, please.

Edit 2: Son of Edit: If you're having difficulty loading the page, appending ?format=light to the end of the URL has helped some people.

Comments

[ironhowdoesit.livejournal.com]

I would prefer working on DW, but I wouldn't drop the game if it didn't move. My motivation to tag on LJ has dropped quite a bit, but that's more of a combination of 'no one's really tagging back' and 'god this layout is terribad'. The biggest issue I have with the currently layout is the sheer ugly, and the fact that pages don't refresh with the same speed and consistency I'm used to. LJ's making it difficult to keep enthusiastic, and enthusiasm really is what drives my desire to RP.

TLDR (although it really isn't so much), I'd majorly prefer DW, but I wouldn't begrudge the decision to stay on LJ.

[ironhowdoesit.livejournal.com]

oh a 2nd read through shows me my terrible mistakes and grammar and I'd edit but I just wanted to throw out a minor helpful tool for those who have been getting migraines from LJ?

FLUX (http://stereopsis.com/flux/) is an amazing tool that will change the 'temperature' of your screen, colour wise! It's definitely not the best fix since it cycles through blue and warm light, but it'll help if the bright blue glare bothers you greatly at night (and I'm sure you can change the settings to cycle through the day too)

[selfgovernance.livejournal.com]

That is amazing and you should feel good. I'm going to try this right now.

[selfgovernance.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I'M IN LOVE

actual input to follow; SEE USER? SEE USER USE SUBJECT? SEE IT, LJ?

[trollololoki]

There is a certain narcissistic irony in seeing Charles reply to Charles about being in love. Just trolling saying.