V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.
Justice: Good evening, V.
V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...
Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.
V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."
V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.
Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!
V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!
V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.
Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...
V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!
V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.
V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.
Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?
V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.
*KABOOM!*
-"V for Vendetta"
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eumelia, but I've been on LJ for five years now.
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Date: 2010-01-26 08:39 pm (UTC)I use AVG and adblock, but LJ has too much of a critical mass of people I follow for me to leave this platform, personally.
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Date: 2010-01-26 09:03 pm (UTC)But, *worries* none the less.
Yeah, the critical mass thing is a ditto for me as well. I'm still glad I have another place as well.
I suppose I should begin to actually mirror my content, huh?
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Date: 2010-01-26 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-26 09:08 pm (UTC)http://newsbean.livejournal.com/320897.html?mode=reply
I'm not ready to move on to DW myself, but critical mass and all that...
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Date: 2010-01-26 09:38 pm (UTC)Much appreciated. I'm savvy enough, but add-ons were always something I'd "do later".
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Date: 2010-01-26 10:16 pm (UTC)(And when the European Union officially says everybody should use any browser but Internet Explorer... its time for everybody to stop using IE.)
I think this problem is across every website that has advertising space though, not just LJ. I remember a forum that had ads provided via google, and a dodgy batch of virus infected ads got into the system. They were only there a day or two before they were pulled, but... spammers and virus mongers are constantly spamming the ad websites with their wares.
Which is to say, I don't see it as specifically an LJ problem. As soon as DW has to start putting ads on their site to support the cost of extra users, it'll have the exact same problem as LJ I think.
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Date: 2010-01-26 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-26 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-27 01:36 am (UTC)Which assumes that ads are the only way to provide a revenue stream.
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Date: 2010-01-27 02:04 am (UTC)I figured the revenue from pay-to-use consumers wasn't covering their running costs...
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Date: 2010-01-27 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-27 02:11 am (UTC)Which is why I worry about DW. Their business plan works right now, but if a huge number of users switch over...
Mind you, I think the blogging craze has large passed now, and the majority of people have moved on to Facebook and Twitter.
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Date: 2010-01-27 02:14 am (UTC)I think I agree about the majority of people re: blogging, though I personally feel very differently. It is impossible to have a substantive discussion on Twitter, for starters.
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Date: 2010-01-27 02:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-27 01:39 am (UTC)Strangely, I'd say that DW has actually improved my LJ experience, since I've found so many cool people and communities on LJ through DW, but DW for me is a vastly superior service, from the technical to the philosophical aspects.
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Date: 2010-01-27 01:42 am (UTC)I'll switch almost-completely to Dreamwidth when they get a scrapbook feature. That's the one thing LJ has that I use that nobody else has.
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Date: 2010-01-27 09:11 am (UTC)oh a little ot
Date: 2010-01-27 09:48 am (UTC)Will New Law Block Many Slash, Anime, Manga Sites in Australia? (http://henryjenkins.org/2010/01/will_new_law_block_many_slash.html)
The answer...probably :(
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Date: 2010-02-06 01:56 pm (UTC)I read my flists on both DW and LJ now, and as people start making a habit of posting from DW, I take them off my lj default view, but keep them friended for access reasons. So far it's working for me.
What I have found is I am increasingly less tolerant with people saying "lj fucked up again but there's no alternative". With the importing of content, friends, filters, and the cross posting option I don't see why people would stay exclusively on LJ when their politics and their attitude to the users are so poor.