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LJ vs. DW
What with the LJ outage yesterday, a small LJ vs. DW debate started up in my DW.
Now, no one can deny that DW has better customer service, listens to its users, and doesn’t screw people over the way LJ does. DW is very nice, and I find it useful as a backup. But I can’t ever see myself moving there for good.
And what I realised, when trying to explain why I’d rather stay with ‘the bad boy’, is that the difference is like Community:
LJ is Greendale. It might be rundown, and the teaching staff might be peculiar and rude and disinterested in teaching, and the facilities might leave a lot to be desired, and random bouts of anarchy are par for the course. But it has character, and I have a long, and very personal, history here. It helped shape who I am, gave me friends and shared experiences I can’t imagine my life without.
So – City College (DW) might be nicer and shinier and better equipped. But I’ll stay with the blanket forts and the chicken fingers and the paint balling and the insane Spanish teacher and the fire alarms that are just painted on.
YMMV of course.
(See I feel bad about coming across as putting down DW, and am quite happy to bitch about LJ anytime and anywhere. Which - if I think about it - means that LJ is home, and family, and DW is... the place I feel I ought to like more than I do. And 'ought' is not a good motivation.)
Now, no one can deny that DW has better customer service, listens to its users, and doesn’t screw people over the way LJ does. DW is very nice, and I find it useful as a backup. But I can’t ever see myself moving there for good.
And what I realised, when trying to explain why I’d rather stay with ‘the bad boy’, is that the difference is like Community:
LJ is Greendale. It might be rundown, and the teaching staff might be peculiar and rude and disinterested in teaching, and the facilities might leave a lot to be desired, and random bouts of anarchy are par for the course. But it has character, and I have a long, and very personal, history here. It helped shape who I am, gave me friends and shared experiences I can’t imagine my life without.
So – City College (DW) might be nicer and shinier and better equipped. But I’ll stay with the blanket forts and the chicken fingers and the paint balling and the insane Spanish teacher and the fire alarms that are just painted on.
YMMV of course.
(See I feel bad about coming across as putting down DW, and am quite happy to bitch about LJ anytime and anywhere. Which - if I think about it - means that LJ is home, and family, and DW is... the place I feel I ought to like more than I do. And 'ought' is not a good motivation.)
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Even when I did get notifications, I didn't feel the same amount of community over there (and I don't mean "Community", just the small "c" kind.
Paid accounts are more expensive on DW, just sayin'.
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Huh.
Knowing when people are talking to me is pretty crucial, you know? The problem seemed to crop up after I let my paid account lapse, which I initially thought might be a mean trick on their part, but it's just some weird dark hole thing, nothing personal.
Well, at least I suppose that's something. Although it still doesn't solve the problem...
Even when I did get notifications, I didn't feel the same amount of community over there (and I don't mean "Community", just the small "c" kind.
*nods* I think there are pockets, but they're quiet specific.
Paid accounts are more expensive on DW, just sayin'.
I've never had one, as I most definitely can't afford BOTH. And I NEED my paid LJ account...