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Wow.

I'm seriously, seriously unamused.

I don't know.

I have an account on DW: [personal profile] 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?

Date: 2010-01-27 02:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
Was there an alternative route LJ could ahve gone down?

I figured the revenue from pay-to-use consumers wasn't covering their running costs...

Date: 2010-01-27 02:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
For LJ, probably not. But DW was started at a much later moment in Web 2.0 history, and has made a radically different set of assumptions about whom to monetize content from. LJ monetizes its content by selling advertisers access to its users' eyeballs; DW monetizes its content by selling its users ways to upgrade their site experience. Which is why DW paid accounts are pricier than LJ's, and why DW will never offer permanent accounts (and only offered a limited seed accounts for a 48-hour period at the beginning of open beta).

Date: 2010-01-27 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
I always figured LJ became a victom of its own success, and got just too big to be self sustaining.

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.

Date: 2010-01-27 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
We have reached the point where I can no longer comment intelligently, other than to say, yes, LJ was a victim of its own success. DW, I know, has invested far more heavily in servers and hosting for them than LJ did, and from the get-go. But I commend you to co-DW owner Denise's posts on Web 2.0 (http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/tag/web+2.0"); they are all fascinating (she used to work for LJ, actually).

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.

Date: 2010-01-27 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
Yeah. I think it's rather sad that so many people have left journalling sights for the facebook/twitters. But. *shrugs* Such is life.

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V and Justice

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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