Well, that didn't take long.

LJ's flag_content went live.
- Thanks to ingrid for the heads up on that one.

And... account deletions.

Latest LJ News post has the comment flood thing going on.

Whether someone used the new form, or LJ took advantage of the timing, the results are the same. Can't say I'm shocked or anything here. The 6A winds have been blowing this way for a while now, and I honestly see them becoming an even less Media fan-friendly place as time goes on.

I think the time will come when 6A decides hosting the grey area that is fanfic to be too much of a pain in the ass, business-wise, to bother with. Yes, fanfic helped build their userbase. They have their numbers and a higher profile now. While loyalty to its roots would be a fabulous thing, it would also be an unusual thing. Ask anyone who's been fired a month short of retirement, or scheduled five hour short of insurance-eligible status. Corporations deal in profit/loss, reward/risk. I feel fandom doings start falling more in the latter categories the more successful a site like Livejournal becomes.

So I'm happy to be here, happy I have a Journalfen. Happy I have tabbed browsing, so I can watch 3 different FLists at the same time. Happy to see favorite posters show up on my other sites. I'm not a heavy poster, and I don't leave many comments, but I read my FLists every day or so. There are tons of journals I would miss if they disappeared.

And I'm keeping tabs on where various favorites are moving to. Some won't move from LJ. Comms like baseball and gearheads just aren't in the same boat as flyingpetrellis. fandom_wank got bounced several times before settling in at Journalfen.

So I'm reminding myself that fandom isn't a place (or a server). It's us. It happens wherever we congregate. If we get displaced for a while, it's only temporary. Fandom always reconstructs itself.

LJ was a terrific central location for several years. Before that, so were Usenet, ListServs, EZboard and the old Prodigy forums. When a situation becomes boneheaded and frustrating as a media fan, it's time to for me to move on.

And be grateful I backed my LJ stuff up here. Love to Insane Journal.

To all the excellent commentary on my flist today.

And to this - http://warren-ellis.livejournal.com/103884.html
(Just read the first blog posts - Rescinding my attaboy)

Thanks to Journalfen's Robustness, my cache hasn't been this clean, ever.

It's kinda mesmerizing watching the announcements comments pileup.

Along with the membership at fandom_counts.


eta - dark_christian's detailed background on WfI and its ties (along with their other posts on the purge).

Just starting to read the reactions to the newest announcements post.