Do I Stay or Do I Go?

[eumelia]

LiveJournal, Malware, Interstitial Advertising and You.

Wow.

I'm seriously, seriously unamused.

I don't know.

I have an account on DW: eumelia, but I've been on LJ for five years now.
I have communities that I like.
Peeps I enjoy reading that aren't mirrored.

I know, I know I can still keep this account and move to making the DW a primary one.

*sigh*

Well, my paid account expires in May. I can see what happens then, right?

Comments

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well. You're not responsible for n00b internet users clicking on ads on your journal, and I'm pretty sure you won't do that yourself. Dreamwidth is a good option and I'm sort of over there, but LJ is my primary.

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.

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

I just posted a little tutorial on keeping yourself safe:
http://newsbean.livejournal.com/320897.html?mode=reply

I'm not ready to move on to DW myself, but critical mass and all that...

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Surely using Firefox is safety enough? And with ad-blocker installed. I haven't seen a single ad on livejournal in years.

(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.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I let my paid LJ account lapse and now consider DW my primary account. I still read both interchangably, but I'm looking forward to the day when DW will work out the coding to read locked LJ posts through DW.

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.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I started using Adblock Plus in Firefox when LJ banner ads were redirecting my browser. I'm usually proactive enough to report things like that, but... I guess I didn't think LJ would do anything about it.

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.

[danamaree.livejournal.com]

*wimpers* but I like LJ. Why must you do this to me LJ, why, why why!!!!!!!!!!!

oh a little ot

[danamaree.livejournal.com]

I thought you might be interested in this:

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 :(

[ironed_orchid]

I hope you'll start posting to DW cos you seem kinda awesome and I'm trying not to add new people on LJ anymore.

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.