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To avoid the release 88 ugliness and annoyance, all three comms have been switched to 'minimalism' layouts. However there's still the big question to ask:

[Poll #1805518]

Let us know your opinions and talk about it here.

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Frankly, I'm having trouble with most of the layouts except the ones on my paid accounts because I can initiate custom view on it. Minimalism is the best option for everyone in general, I know, but it plays havok on my head because of my dyslexia. And the 'new' default LJ is worse because of the harsh white and bright blue. Add the lack of customer service to that and I just don't like being here anymore if I don't have to.

That's my opinion, anyway.

I will stay if the majority says don't move.

I'd prefer to remain in lj, but that's largely for my own convienence, I admit; if the comm votes to move, I'll go along without rancor.

I'm brand new here, so not sure how much my opinion counts. I think if lj really does roll out an s2 commenting style that mimics the old one, it might be worth it to stay. But since we've gotten no preview about the style, it's hard to tell what it'll really look like until they release it at some unknown time in the nearish future.

Your opinion counts just as much as mine.

Good to know :D

That's another argument for waiting, DW's servers are probably pretty strained right now.

I voted for 'wait and see' because if there is a rollback of the new "features" we'll probably see a massive reverse-diaspora. However if it looks like most of the RP population is moving to DW and the move is permanent, I say we go. I just think it will take some time to see if that's true.

My other motivation is selfish: moving all the info over to DW, even with its easy importing tools, will be a massive pain in the ass.

I agree about the imports. I decided to import this journal to DW last night--12 hours later and it's still importing (and my journal's extremely small compared to rp comms.)

I'm having the same experience importing this journal, even though there's almost nothing in it as yet (it's maybe a month old).

My vote is to move, since it looks like LJ doing weird stuff like this is almost certainly going to continue.

If the vote turns out to result in us moving, be prepared to wait a few days even so: the "ASAP" is not gonna be immediate, guys. Quoting Denise in dw_news:

Import delays

As many people have noticed, our import queue is very, very busy right now. (At the time I'm writing, there are 958 jobs waiting to import entries, and 48 waiting to import comments -- and many of those entry imports will then go on to start a comment import once they're done with the entries.) At the rate we're processing imports, that's probably about two and a half days' worth of jobs to do -- meaning, if you started an import right now, it would probably take about two and a half days to complete. And, of course, more imports are being added to the queue as the ones already in the queue finish.

Mark's going to spend this week working on a few things that will hopefully improve the import process, allowing jobs to complete more quickly:

* better handling of the scheduling between entry imports and comment imports, to move jobs through the queue more efficiently, which will mean that your entry imports will complete much earlier than comment imports and comments will arrive up to a day or two later at times of peak load.

* optimization of the comment import process, since comment imports are the real bottleneck: they take more time, more processor power, and more database activity, so they're much slower to complete, especially if you have more than a hundred thousand or so comments to import.

In the meantime, we're asking everybody to be patient! Once you start an import job, you don't need to stay logged into your account or leave your computer running, and you can keep posting and commenting just the way you would otherwise. Just start the job and forget about it, and in a few days, your stuff will magically be moved in for you.

Think of it like how, during a cross-country move, the movers tell you to expect a three-day window for them to get there with your stuff and your furniture. We promise we'll be much more gentle with all the boxes marked 'fragile' than they generally are.

(It's not, unfortunately, something that throwing more hardware at can help much. I really wish it were! Most of the limitations have to do with database access speed and the speed at which we can access LiveJournal without being blocked for hitting the site too quickly. We can optimize the process on our end, and we'll be working on that, but there's a certain level past which you can't speed it up any more.)

After viewing this (http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/31382.html?thread=3802518#cmt3802518) and this (http://manonon.livejournal.com/6816.html), i've changed my mind (Though alas I can't change my poll answer). Let's get the fuck outta here, ASAP.

Personally, my preference is moving to Dreamwidth once we're able to. I already have an (old, mostly unused) Anna Lin account there, so it wouldn't be much of a hassle for me, and the more that the new management of LJ posts the less I want to support them.

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