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ルカリオ ([info]lucario) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-08-17 02:46:00


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Current mood: amused
Entry tags:greatestjournal is so abusive, rp

GJ: The new LJ. A.k.a. "Where the hell's my entitlement?!"
Forgot to add more details the first time around, d'oh!

So GreatestJournal.com has become the new home for thousands of the LJ fandomers who jumped ship because of Strikethrough and Boldthrough. Everyone was happy and content as they went about their busy little lives role-playing and blogging when all of a sudden, GJ reduced the number of icons available from 2,000 to 100.

Cue to bitching in comments about how it was an outrage to not warn them before the change was made.

Then the administrator decides to do a poll to see what could be axed and what could be salvaged.

Here's where the real wank starts to get in full swing.

Role-players (both already on GJ and who moved from LJ) flood the poll with votes for 1000+ icons and bitch their brains out in comments about the sudden changes as those who don't role-play give them a healthy dose of "STFU!"

All in all, this has been going on for a while, but I don't see this tapering off anytime soon.

Fandom: We hold grudges the longest!




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[info]benighted
2007-08-17 02:07 pm UTC (link)
I would like to take the people who were actually using all 2000 icons and introduce them to this little thing I like to call, "fresh air."

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[info]squeakytoy
2007-08-17 02:14 pm UTC (link)
Locations change, the fans remain the same.

I think fandom might need the reminder: wherever they go, there they are.

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[info]vejiicakes
2007-08-17 02:29 pm UTC (link)
Right. okay. Show of hands: who even has 1000 icons that they would use? Let alone over that?

*readies the blow darts*

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-17 02:31 pm UTC (link)
Ooooh, we've made it to fandom wank. I was waiting for this!

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[info]spiderflower
2007-08-17 02:31 pm UTC (link)
Methinks I heard a thousand sepia-toned versions of the same Gackt icon all crying out and then, suddenly, silence.

goes back to making a thousand sepia-toned versions of the same Leslie Cheung icon

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[info]nekoama
2007-08-17 02:34 pm UTC (link)
ICONS: SRS BIZNESS

Having a bajillion icons is like having a bajillion articles of clothing. You may think you need them all and you feel you use them in circulation to make yourself feel all pretty, but in reality you're using about the same twnety-od shirts in rotation, unless they're in the laundry.

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(no subject) - [info]omega, 2007-08-17 02:49 pm UTC

[info]pink_rhombus
2007-08-17 02:36 pm UTC (link)
As someone who has never role-played outside of the bedroom, I'm not all that familiar with online RP norms. Could someone explain to me why one would need 1000+ icons for a roleplay journal? Is it, like, one icon for every possible mood the character could ever have?

"Here's House smiling. Here is House smiling ironically. And this is House smiling but only to cover the pain. This is House's wry grin. Oh, and here is House smirking. It's different from all of his other smiles because the left corner of his mouth is turned up just a hair higher than it is in his 'wry grin' icon. And here he is looking bemused. Have I showed you my folder of 'House looking amused' icons. Yeah, you would think that House looking bemused would be enough but he's just so complex."

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-17 02:37 pm UTC (link)
I love how, when someone asks how many people actually have/use 1000+ icons, a grand total of... 6 people answer? And it's the same 6 people in EVERY SINGLE THREAD that involves the icon issue.

Oi.


<-- bored!mousie

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(no subject) - [info]semtex, 2007-08-17 03:40 pm UTC
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[info]ladyofviolets
2007-08-17 02:40 pm UTC (link)
I had around 700 icons there sine my fanwork journal has been in GJ for at least 4 years...

Thing is, I'm not bitching and whining at anyone because of the icon cut. Nor am I wishing the LJ *perverts* (commenter's words, not mine) got off my GJ lawn. Sooooo... I suppose I don't exist for several people there. :/

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[info]zombie_moogle
2007-08-17 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Eh, I have a few journals that have more than 100, but I would be happy with the limit if it meant that the server would stop eating my icons.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2007-08-17 02:58 pm UTC (link)
As soon as I heard about the change I knew there'd be wank. OMG! My free account only has 100 icon slots now! WOE!

Not the first time GJ's cut a service with no warning and I'm sure it won't be the last.

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[info]showbiz
2007-08-17 03:23 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for posting this! :D I was on the verge of doing this a few hours ago but I got distracted, haha. Some truly epic lulz to be found in the comments of the [info]news posts, definitely.

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[info]southerngaelic
2007-08-17 03:23 pm UTC (link)
What?

No, seriously. WHAT?

I have a plus account on LJ and a basic one here because it's all I can afford, and these people are bitching about ONLY having 100 icons?! For FREE?!

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(no subject) - [info]dark_puck, 2007-08-17 07:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-20 05:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]grindelwald, 2007-08-17 08:46 pm UTC

[info]beaniesheppard
2007-08-17 03:34 pm UTC (link)
ZOMG let me complain until hell freezes over as cold as a witch's tit. What is it with the internet and people's sense of entitlement..?

These people are surprised..? Kind of figured to me that with the mass exodus of people from LJ that GJ would have to cut something somewhere to accommodate the influx. Maybe if GJ actually updated their LJ engine...

What these people are bitching for, I don't know. My permanent account on LJ doesn't have much over 100 userpics and I don't use half of those slots.

Would it be too obtuse of me to say 'Get a life' or even better 'go out and actually get laid? Especially since most of these people apparently don't have a real-life.

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(no subject) - [info]ladycat, 2007-08-17 04:08 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ladycat, 2007-08-17 04:35 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2007-08-18 02:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 10:01 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 10:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2007-08-20 10:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 10:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2007-08-20 10:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 10:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2007-08-20 10:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 11:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2007-08-20 11:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beaniesheppard, 2007-08-20 11:11 am UTC

[info]belafarinrod
2007-08-17 03:36 pm UTC (link)
Oh come on. 3 icons are not enough, 2000 are just a biiiiit too many. 100 sounds really generous, actually.

*sighs* People

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[info]made_by_kali
2007-08-17 03:45 pm UTC (link)
Christ on a Cracker, people, what the hell are they doing with that many icons?

I'm an RPer too, and I have maybe 10 icons per character. If you are reliant on your icons to get your character's emotions across, UR DOING IT WRONG.

[/unfunny]

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(no subject) - [info]mpoetess, 2007-08-17 04:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]made_by_kali, 2007-08-17 10:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgtgeorgecarter, 2007-08-17 06:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-18 10:02 pm UTC

[info]semtex
2007-08-17 03:45 pm UTC (link)
I bet you can see their collective butthurt from outer space.

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(no subject) - [info]attilathebun, 2007-08-17 04:45 pm UTC

[info]mixture
2007-08-17 03:53 pm UTC (link)
Well we've got to remember, GJ's mostly the emo goth anorexic 13-17yo population. It wasn't A+ before this happened, and now that they're trying to make the damn site less shitty everyone whines about it.

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[info]isntitironic
2007-08-17 04:08 pm UTC (link)
The person with the most icons I ever found on GJ had about five hundred before I gave up counting. It was an RP journal for Draco Malfoy's twin sister... I forget her name, it was probably 'Serena' because they're all 'Serena'. All her icons were pictures of Britney Spears making either her >D or her :o face, with angsty song lyrics and animated sparklies.

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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-08-17 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nagaina, 2007-08-17 04:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]attilathebun, 2007-08-17 04:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]penguinfaery, 2007-08-17 05:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2007-08-17 08:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2007-08-20 05:09 am UTC

[info]rusty_halo
2007-08-17 04:16 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure why anyone expected GJ to be any less arbitrary and stupid than LJ.

*feels clever for choosing InsaneJournal where they immediately gave us more icons*

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(no subject) - [info]miggy, 2007-08-17 06:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]atalantapendrag, 2007-08-17 08:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]churri, 2007-08-17 08:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tavalya_ra, 2007-08-17 10:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kuromitsu, 2007-08-18 03:40 pm UTC

[info]ladybug218
2007-08-17 04:22 pm UTC (link)
From a customer service standpoint, I can see why people would be upset about losing a feature with no warning.

The poll is a good start, but it should have come before they just started cutting shit.

That being said, I think 2000 icons is way too many, especially when they randomly get deleted. I do RP and I do like to have a variety of icons (especially for plot purposes) but 100 is plenty enough, IMO.

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(no subject) - [info]duraniedrama, 2007-08-17 06:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tavalya_ra, 2007-08-17 10:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2007-08-18 11:14 pm UTC
P.S. - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2007-08-18 11:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tavalya_ra, 2007-08-17 10:31 pm UTC

[info]zinthos
2007-08-17 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Do they all play CLAMP characters or something? I love me some 100 icons (and pay dearly for it on LJ), but good lord, 1000+ seems a little ... what's the word. Excessive.

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(no subject) - [info]saleha, 2007-08-17 07:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]zinthos, 2007-08-17 11:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sticks, 2007-08-18 06:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fevered_ego, 2007-08-18 02:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fevered_ego, 2007-08-18 02:58 pm UTC

[info]quinctia
2007-08-17 04:29 pm UTC (link)
I could see being mad about losing something like that without warning. I was using a GJ's icon space as an icon journal for awhile ages ago.

On the other hand, I've got about 80ish icons uploaded at LJ and I still only post using about ten or so. So it's nice to have a zillionty icons, but it certainly serves no purpose for me.

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I must have missed a memo.
[info]chaos_rose
2007-08-17 04:32 pm UTC (link)
Dude... it's free.

Is it not free enough, or is GJ supposed to start paying the users or something?

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I need better free, damnit. Free with benefits! - [info]passerby, 2007-08-18 10:18 am UTC

[info]shahrizai
2007-08-17 04:43 pm UTC (link)
There is a huge part of my right now just jumping around in glee because of all the fucking idiots that over the last three years or so have commented in every LJ news post 'y cant we hav 2000 icons lyke GJ!!!111 im so opresssed!!!!' are now fucked. Oh, lovely lovely day.

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(no subject) - [info]jk_ashavah, 2007-08-17 08:37 pm UTC


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