LJ will cater to new users

[airiefairie]

I was pointed to this LJ-news today... In fact I stopped reading those LJ staff announcements a long time ago because there are thousands of whining comments there and the changes that are being announced somehow always turn out more useful than detrimental to LJ.

I think LJ seeking a membership boost has been long overdue. They have to adapt because in the meantime their rivals are not sleeping. If we calm down and wait what happens maybe we'd realise that they're actually trying to improve something rather then destroy the platform.

That said, having a backup plan like DreamWidth is never a bad thing =)

Comments

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

This: You know, I actually disagree with most of the feedback here. I've been on LJ a long time. I don't blog as much as I participate in a couple communities. I have thought for a long time that LJ just...doesn't CHANGE. It has basically looked the same since I was a new user nearly a decade ago.

I like the changes so far and find them useful. People just don't like change. Every time Facebook changes, people complain and complain, but then they suck it up and keep using the site. It's just like I hate it when my cable company changes the menu. I get used to it and can't remember what I didn't like about it a year later.

[blue-mangos.livejournal.com]

Which would be fine if some of the new changes were not causing real life problems. I actually have to go now because I've reached the half hour time limit where I can be on LJ before getting a headache from the new layout.

Also, is this page vibrating for anyone else or is it just me?

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

You need some rest from the computer.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

The statement that old customers don't matter that much woulnd't send a very good message to "potential" new customers.

I don't know who's on their PR team but such PR ineptitude seems atrocious to me.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Some people just don't like change, I guess.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Well, they haven't figured out the details yet, I'm harboring hope that they will find ways of attracting new users (and I have to agree that community promotions are the way to go here), as well as not abandoning all those who have been faithful for so long.