Those Damn Buttons

[poliphilo]

Numbers of my friends seem to be abandoning LJ- upping sticks and moving elsewhere. For many it seems those damn buttons that link us to Facebook and Twitter were the final straw. Silly old LJ, for doing that!  I mean, did they consult with anyone beforehand? Me, I've always been careful never to put anything here that I wouldn't be happy to see published with my name attached, so you can link me to Facebook as much as you like, and I won't care. Not that any of you would.

I'm sad about what's happening, but I've got a lot invested here, I like the company- what's left of it- and I'm not moving.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think LJ is going down any time soon. It may be faltering in the West, but I understand it's huge in Russia.

If Dreamwidth gets big it will almost certainly make compromises and mistakes. And if it doesn't get big it will almost certainly collapse, as so many other LJ clones have done.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I would be very surprised, if LJ fails. The people who say they and their friends leaving will send the service into a freefall towards oblivion are either naive or they have made themselves out to be legends in their own minds. LJ is far bigger than us and our friends/connections.

LJ will more than survive people like me leaving the service; it will thrive. The investors will make sure of it, or they will sell it to another investor who will find a way to make it so. Whether those of us who leave would want to be a part of what LJ is becoming in the process of continuing to thrive is another story.