Thursday

[nightdog_barks]

Well now. Thank you, DW, for telling me one of my icons didn't get imported. You even told me which one it was, so I could easily retrieve it from LJ and upload it here. Nice.

Cloudy and humid -- thunderstorms rolled through late yesterday afternoon, and then more thunder and rain early this morning. Lots of birds at the feeders -- Chango and I stepped out on the deck and were immediately scolded and fussed at by the titmice and chickadees. 75 degrees right now (23.9 Celsius).

Mr. N gets home from Kansas City tonight so must do housely things, so I'll be in and out of here off and on today, trying to figure things out. :-)

Comments

[perspi]

HI NIGHTDOG HELLO!

Your post is different here than over there! Amazing! *g*

I'm done with class, and feeling rather fried-in-the-head, but I've got a meeting this afternoon, so. I think I'll have some lunch. And maybe play with my DW a bit.

[nightdog_barks]

Hee! Different posts in different places! HOW DOES IT WORK?

;-D

Yeah, I figure I'll always have at least a token presence on LJ, but they're not getting any more of my money.

[perspi]

Yep, I think I'll leave my existing journal up, and just direct comments here, and let the LJ lapse to a free account.

I wonder just how much DW staffers are dancing, right about now...

[pwcorgigirl]

If I had the time, I'd love to print out this year's daily stats from DW (it's up at Jackal's journal) and match it to the LJ News comm. I bet there's a direct correlation between Teh Stoopid and spikes in DW membership. :D

[nightdog_barks]

Hee, did you see the jump in new DW accounts for September 1st? It went from two hundred and something to OVER NINE THOUSAND.

LOL!

[perspi]

I saw that! And it doesn't even count people like you and me and Mare, who had accounts here already (due to the last round of LJSTUPID) and decided to make them paid accounts. The paid accounts on LJ will start lapsing in the next few months, and then it'll really start to hurt.

[pwcorgigirl]

There are over 7,000 comments to the news post now. Apparently someone got hold of a translation of a Russian news release that indicated a Grand Plan to lure more Russian users to Facebook via LJ.

[perspi]

I am finding myself checking that news post today, and shaking my head. I wonder if that post will hit the comment-limit...

[nightdog_barks]

Ha! I KNEW there was something going on high up. And see, the company is trying to make money, which is what a company's supposed to do. But oh boy, did they go about it the wrong way. Oy.

[pwcorgigirl]

Oy, indeed. LJ seems to have such a loyal fanbase, and instead of listening and offering changes that fanbase would pay a little more for, they did ... this.

Since it's a violation of LJ's own terms of service, it'll be fun to see if a few lawsuits take wing.

[blackmare]

Grand Plan to lure more Russian users to Facebook via LJ.

Now, see, that makes sense. That's sort of Standard Operating Procedure for Facebook, and despite much insistence that Facebook never pays for these kinds of linking deals, I believe they want that juicy new market and have offered something juicy in return. If not cash, then some means of generating lots of cash, such as promoting LJ on Facebook. A deal has been made.

And this being Facebook, I do not believe that a deal, once made, can ever truly be unmade, and that's why I'm here on DW now.

[elynittria]

Wow! That's impressive.