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Anniversary!
May. 21st, 2008 12:49 pmYou know, it's almost the anniversary of Strikethrough'07?
Yeesh how time flies.
On one hand, I want to celebrate. A whole year after that utter mess and LJ has yet to do something stupid enough to drive me away! Strikethrough was the impetus that started forming the userbase into a cohesive whole; somehow we're beginning to look like something that's worth taking account of. We have the up-coming elections, a policy document that's in progress and not looking too shabby (though it still needs work). It's all... something to be incredibly pleased about. Almost proud of.
On the other hand, it seems rather crass to celebrate or remember fondly something that pretty literally brought LJ to its knees. We're still cleaning up the mess it caused. User trust (or perhaps blindness) isn't back to where it once was. There's still management in charge that doesn't really understand the eclectic group of pure individuals that form this community they're trying to market. Owner-user communications have only made a little headway. We've still not heard any official explanation for the various cataclysms of the 07-08 year.
On the business/technical end, LJ is growing only in terms of data—not use. And that data gets weirder by the day. Ad-free Basic is gone, probably for good, which was one of LJ's key selling points when pitted against other journals. "Family morals" still isn't searchable.
Over-all though, I think I'll actually call it a good year. All of the bad we've dealt with (and are still dealing with) seems to have been a catalyst for some pretty awesome moves forward. We still have a lot or work to do, but we can do it.
I suppose this seems kind of rambling, but... Well, I feel like I want to do a meme-type thing. Here it goes.
( What I learned because of Strikethrough'07 )
So... what have you learned because of Strikethrough? Feel free to meme it or reply in comments.
Yeesh how time flies.
On one hand, I want to celebrate. A whole year after that utter mess and LJ has yet to do something stupid enough to drive me away! Strikethrough was the impetus that started forming the userbase into a cohesive whole; somehow we're beginning to look like something that's worth taking account of. We have the up-coming elections, a policy document that's in progress and not looking too shabby (though it still needs work). It's all... something to be incredibly pleased about. Almost proud of.
On the other hand, it seems rather crass to celebrate or remember fondly something that pretty literally brought LJ to its knees. We're still cleaning up the mess it caused. User trust (or perhaps blindness) isn't back to where it once was. There's still management in charge that doesn't really understand the eclectic group of pure individuals that form this community they're trying to market. Owner-user communications have only made a little headway. We've still not heard any official explanation for the various cataclysms of the 07-08 year.
On the business/technical end, LJ is growing only in terms of data—not use. And that data gets weirder by the day. Ad-free Basic is gone, probably for good, which was one of LJ's key selling points when pitted against other journals. "Family morals" still isn't searchable.
Over-all though, I think I'll actually call it a good year. All of the bad we've dealt with (and are still dealing with) seems to have been a catalyst for some pretty awesome moves forward. We still have a lot or work to do, but we can do it.
I suppose this seems kind of rambling, but... Well, I feel like I want to do a meme-type thing. Here it goes.
( What I learned because of Strikethrough'07 )
So... what have you learned because of Strikethrough? Feel free to meme it or reply in comments.
