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Dear Friends...

I hope that everyone's morning is off to a promising start :-)

Within the next week or so, I don't think I'm going to be updating this journal any longer. I'm not going to get rid of it, because I still follow a few people and communities here, but as of late, I've been averaging one comment per five posts, and this hardly feels like it's worth my time. I would encourage anyone interested to either friend me at my Live Journal (which is still my main journal), or at Dreamwidth where I plan to start crossposting. Hell, both places are cool, too.

I do apologise for the inconvenience, but I'm just not feeling the IJ vibe any longer.

Thanks all!

--P

Posted on May. 4th, 2009 at 08:00 am | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]entrenous88

Thank you for posting this update! I'm trying to keep track of everyone, and adjusting reading lists at each service, so this helps out lots.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 07:22 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Glad the update was helpful, hon :-)
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:06 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]jin_fenghuang

Okay.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 07:49 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Sorry, Jin. We have each other friended at LJ, don't we?
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:09 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jin_fenghuang

Maybe. I don't post that often at LJ these days, China blocks it and I have to use a proxy, which is a pain in the arse.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:17 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

I don't know what to say. You sound a little pissed over this. I was still going to watch over here just not crosspost.

Truth be told, I really wasn't that crazy about this place to begin with, and it irritates me to no fucking end that the one person that was instrumental in the HP mass exodus to here has completely fuckered off for another fandom.

And here I thought I was doing a good thing by keeping people updated.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:24 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jin_fenghuang

Since we are being honest, I am more than slightly annoyed by the DW bandwagoning. This is not targeted specifically at you but at the mindless squee that everyone and their dog seems to have over that site. I am not willing to move and I am not willing to try keep another blog, hell I can hardly maintain the few I have.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:31 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

I didn't want to move. To Insane Journal. To Dreamwidth. To anywhere. I was more than bloody content on LJ. But then Strikeout happened. Now LJ has Russian spammers. Insane Journal has comment rot. There are far too many lull periods here. To be fair, it's a bitch wherever you go. And I can totally sympathise with not wanting a third blog. Fuck, I don't even want two. But when I see a handful of comments - one here, two there, none there - I have to ask myself if it's worth my time to update at a place I don't think people are following.

I'm not going anywhere. I'll still be watching comms like Daily Deviant and HP Beholder and Snarry Games. I'll still rec. And I'll still continue to watch certain journals. But updating three blogs is bullshit, and doing all the fandom shit that I do cuts into my writing time as it is. Bottom line, something's gotta give.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 05:23 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]gmth

...it irritates me to no fucking end that the one person that was instrumental in the HP mass exodus to here has completely fuckered off for another fandom.

Okay, I'm curious. Who was this?
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 07:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

It was a couple of people, actually, and no one that I talk to any more, so it really doesn't matter. It just irritated me all over again when talk of Dreamwidth surfaced, because I knew I was probably going to cave and create a DW account. I want to go back to the old days of fandom when we had ONE damn blog we posted to.

God, this day has just been a nightmare. Bad morning. Worse day at work. And now my craptop is just looping through the Windows startup. I'm just going to go to bed now and call it a damn day.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:12 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]gmth

Ah, okay. I was just curious as to who you thought was/were the main person/people responsible for the HP migration to IJ, because I couldn't think of any one specific person who I thought it might be.

Hope you're having a better day today.
Posted on May. 5th, 2009 10:33 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]snegurochka_lee

China blocks it and I have to use a proxy, which is a pain in the arse

You know, I hadn't realised this, but I was just chatting with a reader in China who has been translating some of my stories, and she said the same thing. I thought I'd heard ages ago that China was blocking LJ and had wondered how you folks were posting, but now I see that you're not, really! I'm so glad IJ provides you a way around that -- it's an IJ bonus I haven't heard nearly enough about. :)

(Penny - sorry for the thread hijack). :)
Posted on May. 9th, 2009 01:24 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]centaury_squill

Sorry to hear that. *friends you at LJ and DW*
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 07:58 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Will friend you back at both places soon as I'm home from work :-)
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:07 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]littleblackbow

Awww, I'm really going to miss you.

I hope you come back to check out Snarry Games, or at least drop by to say hi every now and then. ;_;

I just can't go back to Livejournal. Strikethru, dozens of Russian Spammers, the ads... not to mention a few stalkers and a past life of mine. I can't go back.

As for DW, I'm still unsure about it. Maybe eventually I'll start posting there, but I'm just not feeling it yet.

I'm really going to miss you.
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:06 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

I ain't going anywhere, Rana, really. I'm just not going to update here anymore. It's too much hassle for the stray comment here and there. Rest assured, I'll still rec your art at LJ and DW. And, of course, I'm still going to check out Snarry Games! Don't be silly!
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:12 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]klynie1

*hugs you* Thanks for the heads up.

My LJ is mainly just a placeholder/historical marker, but I've got a basic page set up at DW. I haven't really started following DW yet, but I've got you friended there, so that's where I'll catch up with you.

Juggling journals is totally nuts these days, isn't it?
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:14 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

I adore you far too much to ever lose contact with you ♥
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 09:58 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]faynia

I'm not really sure it's only IJ. Commenting/posting has been wishy-washy in the last few weeks.

I think everyone needs summer to come now XD
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 08:32 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Yeah, but its virtually non-existent over here. At least it is over at my journal :-(
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 09:56 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mayflo

I totally agree with you. After strolling through DW, IJ is no longer appealing in many ways :P So I just friended you on DW, too!
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 09:07 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Coolness! I will friend you as soon as I'm home from work :-)
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 09:53 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]bite_me_luv

Dear heavens! I first thought this would be another one of those dreaded "See, folks, I'm leaving" posts you see around these days.

I'm glad I've been mistaken. See you on LJ, then :)

Icon use just because you scared me ;)
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 03:57 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

See you on LJ :-)
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 05:07 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]magnetic_pole

Thanks for the update! I'm one of the lurkers here--I read and enjoy your recs, especially, though I don't say so often enough--so I'll try adding you at LJ or DW, if you don't mind. Maggie
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 04:59 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]themostepotente

Maggie, I would be more than happy to receive you at LJ or DW - or both ♥
Posted on May. 4th, 2009 05:14 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply