Oh, SUP, just stop now, please

[owl]

Grrrrr SUP

No new Basic accounts can be created as of yesterday.


So, are we leaving LJ now or what? Where's everyone's backups? I'm catre on GJ and jediowl on JF, and am on IJ as thewhiteowl.

I mean, I don't want to leave LJ. I like it here. I have a perm account (until SUP decides to downgrade it to Plus). But if everyone else goes, there's nothing to stay for.

Cannot be bothered to watch this week's Torchwood in the iPlayer. Everyone's saying it's rubbish, so I may give it a miss.

Comments

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I've thought about getting my own blog, but I really like the friendslock facility on LJ.

I thought this post (http://telesilla.livejournal.com/635997.html) of telesilla's made a good point, that people aren't going to migrate to where the technology's clunkier without an overwhelming incentive.

[senji.livejournal.com]

I quite agree.

One of the things that makes self-hosting more attractive to me is that I don't make locked posts. I'm not sure why blogging tools haven't adapted to include content-filtering like this -- all the ducks are pretty much there to be shot by now; maybe there's no pressure on the system because everyone who wants those features is with one of the LJ-alikes?

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

I have a wordpress.com blog which allows you to set posts to different passwords so that you can effectively filter content. The big difference is that it's not a friends list with mutual sharing.

[owl]

The friends list is the greatest thing about LJ. It's like this amalgamated feed, plus the security is tied directly to it.