Why is it that LJ can barely ever make a single news post without doing something stupid and irking everybody off?! I think they love the drama. I bet they have board meetings going, "What crazy thing shall we do this time to annoy everyone even more than last time?!"

This time they have made a wonderful announcement of all the marvellous things they have done since being acquired by SUP … they just conveniently forgot to tell anyone that they have stopped allowing people to create new basic accounts. Which just seems so awfully underhand, like practically everything that LJ ever do! It didn't take long for people to notice, and for the drama to begin.

Every time this happens i hear more and more people saying they are fed up with LJ and will leave it for good. I'm glad i can just sit over here from my little place of calm and watch the fall-out from a safe distance. I certainly see no reason to encourage any new people to join LiveJournal. Wordpress is the place to be now, folks! :)

1. http-noodlefan.myopenid.com- Says:
   March 17th, 2008 at 22:11

   I have a Wordpress blog, but I miss the friend pages.
   Is s/th similar possible there?

2. Aimee Says:
   March 17th, 2008 at 22:42

   Yes, i use Bloglines to track RSS feeds. It's a good approximation of a friends page. Nearly every blog has an RSS output these days … the only bad thing is you can only get public entries.

   http://www.bloglines.com