aurora_primavera

Alright guys - I know that you've all heard me go on and on about Dreamwidth vs. Livejournal and how much better I deem Dreamwidth to be. I've had my reasons from the beginning (when I really started to get into DW) mainly: accessibility, user input, customer service, coding standards, etc. But now? Now it's gone beyond that. I don't know how many of you have been made aware of the latest fuckery going on in the recent LJ News post, but all I can say is that LJ's issues are getting way, way, way out of hand. Following is a collection of links that I've gathered in the last hour or so of surfing, reading comments, clicking on more links, etc. Read through them and take from them what you will.


First: Yes, LJ will be implementing the changes in regards to Facebook/Twitter. But according to staffer marta, it won't be for at least another 2 weeks.

A really great reply by silver_ariel to LJ's News post.

LJ staffer trolls the news post
The staffer in question is brenden, the mod from the ONTD community. He was going through posting as getyourownbitch.

Here all the comments have been re-posted by jessicaarnold, the person having the "conversation" with brenden.

Someone managed to get a screenshot of the majority of the conversation.

Stemming from that, it turns out that LJ staff are going around deleting comments in both the current news post and the previous ones.

To show the difference between staff deleted comments and user deleted comments, someone did a test.

Then, amidst everything - something else came to light. It turns out that back in May, an LJ staffer left a comment on a LOCKED FRIENDS ONLY post. The staffer is dnewhall. He tried to claim the post was public at the time, which it wasn't. When it was looked at further by LJ staff, they changed the privacy of the post to PUBLIC, changed the tag setting and THEN claimed that the post had been public all along. I got this information from arkady here - she's got links to it all. Here is a post by charmian with more information.

All I can say is - DISTURBING beyond anything. It just goes to prove how unsafe our private/locked entries are. LJ staff does not respect its users at all.

Again with brenden trolling the news post. But not only that, he's also been known to harass and bully LJ users. All because they expressed their dislike of ONTD.

For those curious, some good information about how LJ/FB interact. Someone even posted under their FB account.

no_prey_remains posted some information about Canadian Social Networking Law.

jhumor posted info about US Social Networking Laws.

A collection of links in regards to LJ staffer markf's (head of LJ Abuse Prevention) comments on importing entries and comments to DW.

More pingback testing. From back when it was re-instituted and again, a week later.

And LJ has also instituted a new "nifty" little feature: A "share this" button at the bottom of posts. I haven't noticed this at all, but from what I've read it allows other users to cross post your entries.

Very well written and thought out breakup letter to LJ by dydan
Link removed - The reason I did this here, a post by shanaqui

A good comment explaining communities moving over to DW.

And if you want to find your LJ friends on DW (and they are using the same username) use this widget - thanks to dragonfly, here.


Again - if you're interested, I have plenty of Dreamwidth invite codes. Also, until the end of the month, you may also use the code VOX to sign-up for an account on Dreamwidth.

This entry is public both at DW & LJ - feel free to share the info.

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So, I can't sleep - even though I'm tired. But whatever. Questions for y'all.

I can't do polls here on DW, so I'll be making my post over at LJ public and make it there. EITHER WAY, you can still comment here if you want - since I won't be opening comments up over at LJ. I know, I know. Way to complicate it - but I'm a lazy ass and want to keep all the comments in one place.

[Poll #1602319]

PS: I'd either be running this alone or I'll have to find someone (or even someones) to help, since my lovely co-mod faynia will be too busy to help. She's getting all edumakated and such!

And I'm thinking of doing it at DW (and having the community imported over here) because that way, the stories that are really long can all be posted in ONE post \o/. So, let me know.

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Title: The Impossibility of We
Artist: auroraprimavera
Author: anothergirl415 & cha / saucyminxfix (ficjournal) | Master Post
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: NC-17
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Sam/Dean

Warning(s): AU, expressions of healthy adolescent sexuality - also, make sure to read the story first, as there are notes in this post that could be considered spoilery for the fic.

Notes: Thanks to wendy & thehighwaywoman for organizing this, they are awesome. A huge thanks to anothergirl415 & cha - not only did they write an absolutely wonderful story, but they were patient with my slowness and with my being sick. Read the story, it's utterly beautiful and I may be more than a little in love with Dean in this. ♥

The entire set includes:


Done for spn_j2_bigbang, 2010
Recipient: anothergirl415 & cha / saucyminxfix

Originally Posted: July 2010

Disclaimer: This is a work of fanart – none of this ever happened. No copyright infringement is intended. No profit is made from this work. Please observe your local laws with regards to the age-limit and content of this work.

[Graphics] spn_j2_bigbang: The Impossibility of We (Sam/Dean) [banner|icons|art|mix|book|wallpaper]

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I've claimed my fic - I quite literally ran over from work this morning and plopped myself down to read FAST. Sooooo many good stories and I had such a hard time narrowing it down to only one. /o\

But I can't wait to get it and get in touch with my author \o/ YAY

And congrats to all the authors - Y'all are AWESOME ♥

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Finally got a chance to watch last week's ep. My only words on this are: SHOW - I FUCKING LOVE YOU ♥

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*cackles evilly when LJ doesn't load and DW does*


Interesting thread at LJ-Maintenance



ETTAAAAA: LJ - you silly goose you, I cannot reply to comments IF YOU DO NOT WORK AS YOU ARE EXPECTED TO


ETTAAAA #2: LJ - When You make an announcement PLZ TO BE HAVING RELEVANT INFORMATION ON IT - I do not give a crap about ONTD or it's subsidiaries or what not. FOR FUCK'S SAKE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU ARE NOT WORKING
** Please note that the announcement may not load. Hah, the irony - it cracks me up **

If the news page at LJ doesn't load for you then: have a screenshot of the e-mail


ETAAAAAA #3/4whatever: oh really LJ - NO SHIT

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