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Oct. 30th, 2012 01:51 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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nanowrimo_ljThere are rumors circulating that LJ is trying to turn into Tumblr - not an exaggeration. There is a leaked site preview that will go live in the spring and they announced to their russian base that they're doing away with paid account and paid account benefits.
I don't know what next year will bring for us here.
We have no intention on leaving at this point. (I say we even though I'm really the only owner here anymore, but I feel better saying we.) However, if things become unusable or if everyone jumps ship, I wanted to reserve a place for THIS community to go elsewhere online.
I created a dreamwidth. Unfortunately nanowrmio was taken and is an unused community that hasn't been written in in over 190 months - sigh, so I did the next best name: http://nanowrimo-lj.dreamwidth.org/
You're welcome to join or bookmark that in case we need it for next year. That will be the official community, IF we leave.
And we're not planning on it yet, but I like to be well, well, well prepared.
We're not going to do anything with it now, so if you join don't expect updates over on your dreamwidth, but as a friend, as your friend and community leader, I want to urge you to grab a name on dreamwidth you like, if possible, because LJ might very well not last another year.
We are also on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/356974337727721/ I understand if you don't want your real name known, but might I make a suggestion? Make a facebook for joining that if you don' wish to use your real name. I understand that's an issue for some people. I just want to maintain communication with all of you.
thank you. What a crummy thing to throw at us, lj, hours before our nanowrimo, but we must be prepared.
I don't know what next year will bring for us here.
We have no intention on leaving at this point. (I say we even though I'm really the only owner here anymore, but I feel better saying we.) However, if things become unusable or if everyone jumps ship, I wanted to reserve a place for THIS community to go elsewhere online.
I created a dreamwidth. Unfortunately nanowrmio was taken and is an unused community that hasn't been written in in over 190 months - sigh, so I did the next best name: http://nanowrimo-lj.dreamwidth.org/
You're welcome to join or bookmark that in case we need it for next year. That will be the official community, IF we leave.
And we're not planning on it yet, but I like to be well, well, well prepared.
We're not going to do anything with it now, so if you join don't expect updates over on your dreamwidth, but as a friend, as your friend and community leader, I want to urge you to grab a name on dreamwidth you like, if possible, because LJ might very well not last another year.
We are also on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/356974337727721/ I understand if you don't want your real name known, but might I make a suggestion? Make a facebook for joining that if you don' wish to use your real name. I understand that's an issue for some people. I just want to maintain communication with all of you.
thank you. What a crummy thing to throw at us, lj, hours before our nanowrimo, but we must be prepared.
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Date: 2012-10-30 07:19 pm (UTC)Re: Dreamwidth
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Date: 2012-10-30 07:47 pm (UTC)Of course, I'm already on Dreamwidth, anyway. When we had some problems with it some time ago, a fellow LJ user sent me an invite there.
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Date: 2012-10-30 10:06 pm (UTC)I've joined the dreamwidth comm and the FB comm under my real name ;)
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Date: 2012-10-30 11:56 pm (UTC)I sent a request to join the FB group under my real name.
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Date: 2012-10-31 05:33 am (UTC)dashboardfriend's page, but I hadn't heard about the complete redesign and elimination of paid accounts/features. I'm ... I'm actually upset about this.Anyway, I'm glad this community is setting up an exit strategy; let's just hope we don't need it, truly.
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Date: 2012-10-31 11:30 am (UTC)Another suggestion is maybe talking to the people at DW? If it's a clearly abandoned comm you could try to get in touch with the maintainer and if that doesn't work, there's a chance that the staff at DW might actually make you a maintainer of the comm so that it can be active. The staff there is marvelously helpful and considerate about things most of the time.
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Date: 2012-10-31 05:07 pm (UTC)