Tumblr has gotten me into the habit of wanting to post without subject lines

[owlmoose]

If LJ posts a terrible interface update but no one on my friends/reading list is there to complain about it, does it still make a sound?

I haven't posted from my own journal in years (ever since I started crossposting from DW), and I read my LJ flist in my own style, so I very rarely see the guts of the site anymore -- just if it logs me out, or I need to upload a new userpic. But as it happens, I was there just yesterday to post to the DOINK! community, and I was quite startled to see a drastic interface change. Not just because LJ didn't announce it (I haven't followed news in years either), but because there was no great outcry, like there is any time LJ makes a change. I didn't even know there was any kind of outcry until I saw this Daily Dot post on Tumblr. I also hadn't realized that fandom_secrets left for DW and that fail_fandomanon is in the process of moving, but I have to say that neither change really surprises me that much. The death knell of fandom on LJ was sounded years ago; what we're hearing now may be the last, fading notes of the final bell.

I can't quite give up LJ completely yet -- not as long as ushobwri is still a useful community for me -- but I feel like the time is inching ever closer.

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[sepdet]

We really need to hold a wake or something for LJ. Poor old thing.

Land of cross-posts, land of crickets. I still follow a few vlogs and communities there.

[owlmoose]

I think I follow one or two people who are still active on LJ and don't cross-post here, but they are few and far between.

[irreversibly]

Poor LJ, and poor fandom for having scattered all about after leaving it. :(

Hi! I was browsing around and came across you. I see we have some people in common, I hope it's okay to add you. I'm a mostly-FF fanperson with a side dash of other RPGs and scifi/fantasy shows.

[owlmoose]

Hi, nice to meet you. :) I definitely agree about the fandom scattering thing, although a critical mass of at least some of my fandoms has gathered on Tumblr. Not as many Final Fantasy people there, though. Most of my old FF community is at least nominally on DW, but not as many and not nearly as active as I would like.

[lassarina]

I never log in to LJ anymore, but I still read my f-list there, and. Wow. That is sure a hideous design. (I really hate modern hyper-minimalist design.)

[owlmoose]

Me too. I mean, I can understand somewhat, wanting to have simple designs that work on smaller mobile screens as well as computer screens, but it can be taken much, much too far.