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jenish - please, for the sake of the childrennon-Myspace-addicts, sign the petition against the new-look LJ!
To see what LJ want to do with your userinfo, add ?ver=ng to the end of your user info URL. And then go and bleach your brain.
LJ != Myspace
Also go here and take the poll, to prove that LJ does have a fair number of teenagers, but also has lots of non-teenagers, and therefore trying to target LJ at teenagers to the exclusion of older users is really not a cunning plan.
ETA: Updated the links for the petition, as so many people have now signed that she'd had to run on to a new post!
jenish - please, for the sake of the To see what LJ want to do with your userinfo, add ?ver=ng to the end of your user info URL. And then go and bleach your brain.
LJ != Myspace
Also go here and take the poll, to prove that LJ does have a fair number of teenagers, but also has lots of non-teenagers, and therefore trying to target LJ at teenagers to the exclusion of older users is really not a cunning plan.
ETA: Updated the links for the petition, as so many people have now signed that she'd had to run on to a new post!
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 15:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:16 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 15:23 (UTC)What's the objection to the planned info page? It looks less of a mess than the current one.
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 16:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:36 (UTC)Did it actually request our dates of birth, or just a promise that we're not 13 and under?
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 08:06 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 15:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 16:00 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 16:42 (UTC):)
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 16:53 (UTC)I'm not sure why you think the "ng" profile page resembles Myspace; apart from the pointless two-column thing and a few icons, the only significant change I noticed is that my "schools" are suddenly much more prominent, appearing above my interests (which looks more like an attempt to be Facebook, another site I really can't be bothered with). They also think all my "schools" are current, for some reason - that's probably a bug though.
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:45 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:21 (UTC)Otherwise, it's not that awful...
I guess it really means that they just can't leave things alone, so try to change things under the guise of 'improvement', though they really don't know if it's better or not.*urgh*
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:07 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:48 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:30 (UTC)1) Thanks for finally informing me on what everyone was soooo upset about. It does look a little different, but that always happens when a something changes its layout and you have to get used to it; you're always disgusted for about a week or two before it becomes normal. I understand some people being like "dizzamn, not a layout change," but why is it warrenting a full-out petition? o.o
2) Also, don't see the big deal in the statement "primarily teenagers and twenty-somethings." Everyone seems to be latching on to the FIRST part of that statement and ignoring the last. Anyway, ISN'T IT? SURE there are tons of older people out there on LJ, but the majority is us, teens and twenty-somethings. So wouldn't that statement be factual? What's the dilly-o?
I'm not trying to sound bitchy to you at all. I am just so confused as to why there is a ginormous hubbub over something that looks relatively... non-hubbubish. :D
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:31 (UTC)3) What is "Vox?"
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:42 (UTC)I'm sure it's a nice idea for people who are just getting their first blog, but...all my friends are on LJ!
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 00:16 (UTC)I'll bet that they think "older people" don't want userpics or mood themes. Ha ha ha. Does Vox come with little martinis with olives stuck in them? Can we dress casual when we use Vox?
Okay, sorry, I'm sick and I think also crazy. XD
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 01:37 (UTC)ROFL!! Best comment EVER! You are so WIN!!
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:41 (UTC)And I guess I still don't like the new Yahoo groups layout, and they changed that 6 months or so ago...
2. As I said to
That said, probably my whining is badly phrased, and the poll isn't as relevant as it should be...
You're right, in essence, I guess! I'm probably overreacting a bit - I just...like LJ how it is and don't see why they need to make all these "improvements" to make it a better rival for Myspace, Facebook, etc. I like LJ cos it's LJ!
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 00:22 (UTC)Most of my comment was a reaction to that link, sorry if I came across as replying to your post when I was, you know, replying to your post. Ha ha! Anyway, I wasn't feeling bitchy, I was more feeling "Bzuhh??"
I like LJ, too. The only thing I think I would ever change is that I would like to have control over the moods. I mean, I'd like to add more moods, and delete others. Actually, the moods we have now actually do cater towards teens, heh. It's about five thousand different synonyms for "lazy" and "angry." I wish I could add some more. :D Okay, sorry, why am I going on about this here?
Blogger changed their layout many moons ago. All I have on Blogger is my updates page. I had been away for months and came back and it was ALL DIFFERENT and I was pissed, LOL.
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 00:43 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 18:13 (UTC)As long as they don't flood LJ with whiny widdle chilluns that bitch at each other for no reason, as long as I can choose who's on my flist and as long as it permits me to stay in contact with my friends, I'll stay. If not, well, too bad.
Will have to look into that once I get my brain back. But thanks for pointing this out, or I would have totally overlooked this piece of info!
*huggles*
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 18:42 (UTC)I do know that I dislike MySpace. My brother has a MySpace and FaceBook accounts (which I find stupid). From what I've heard, MySpace is filled with teenage wannabes (of any and all sorts). I also dislike being categorized as a "twenty-something" since I tend to act older than my age. About 98% of my friends are my age or older; my youngest friend, I think, is about 17 but already a freshman in college.
The look doesn't bother me much. But if LJ begins to get flooded with ignorant teens, I'm out.
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 20:15 (UTC)I am hoping there is no Attack of the Mutant Blinkie-Banners coming our way...
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:10 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:12 (UTC)Having said that, I wonder which age groups the majority of their revenue comes from...
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 23:24 (UTC)It would be interesting and useful if they checked how much of their revenue comes from that group with unspecified age. Most teenies live on their parents money after all, so it doesn't matter if they don't work yet.
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 07:43 (UTC)Abner