Dec. 27th, 2011

cinema_babe: (A Dr Who Xmas)
I've been mainly off-line for the past few weeks except for a few hit and run visits. In that time the look and some of the functionality of the comment feature here was changed and I've seen people complaining about it in most of the communities I've gotten caught up on so far. It's funny because at least 2 other social networking sites I'm on have also had some major facelifts and if I threw all of the comments I've seen across all three sites into a hopper, I bet you couldn't tell which site they came from.

Fact 1: Change is disorienting and uncomfortable.
Fact 2: Humans, as a species, generally don't like change in their interfaces
Fact 3: Change is inevitable.
Fact 4: On the up side, with few exceptions, acclimation is inevitable as well.

[livejournal.com profile] bart_calendar posted his observations on the reaction cycle to changes and service interruptions LiveJournal. I found it wry, amusing and mostly true.

OK, this next bit is is a little convoluted (and tangentially related) but follow me....

[livejournal.com profile] emmabovary (isn't that an awesome screen name?) recently reposted a poignant LJ entry from [livejournal.com profile] sir_montag about decline and death of LiveJournal. Narcissist that I am, I liked my response (which I wrote during a break while writing my final paper for my Social Media class, natch) and I post behind the LJ Cut below in case anyone else is interested in my opinion (or is having a bout of insomnia, lol)

Live Journal Is Dead, Long Live LiveJournal )

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