recent lj news

[charmian]

LJ also briefly implemented geolocation and then turned it off in the face of massive user dissatisfaction. I suspect based on these staff comments that it might be a culture clash kinda thing. In any case the issue seems to be resolved for the time being.

Also the LJ news comm is moving towards a much more reasonable format. Instead of weekly posts filled with non-news and contests, it's becoming biweekly (twice a month), and focusing on updates and important LJ information. I hope this also marks the end of the annoying "comment to get a free vgift" things too. It always seemed like a HUGE waste of time for paid staff to be administering these things anyhow. I mean, at most a few hundred people participated, which might be a significant amount if we are talking about a userbase the size of Dreamwidth's, but not, I think, in the case of one like LJ.

Comments

[foxfirefey]

Apparently bluemeringue isn't staff anymore, so my guess is that's what precipitated the change in format--she was the only one with the wherewithal and patience to run all those things. I know that the news was kinda fluffy, and it may have seemed like a waste of time for paid staff, but to be honest it was pretty good money spent in my opinion--she really managed to change the percentage of comments in LJ news that were nothing but bitching and rehashing of bitching. When she first came in, that was pretty much the overriding tone.

Here via friend of a friend

[soukup]

I know we haven't spoken before, but I found your journal in my quest for more info about the geolocation thing. Could I pester you to share where you learned what you've posted here? Not because I doubt you; I'd just be curious to read more on the topic. Thanks in advance!

Also, I love your snowy owl! So pretty. *sighs*