Here, have some think-y thoughts

while I'm supposed to be writing exam questions, let me tell you my think-y thoughts re: LJ, asshattery, and proportional response.

( The crux of the matter is investment. )

And my last random thought: Someone in one of the discussions I did manage to read mentioned looking into the creation of not one centralized LJ clone, but into everyone making LOTS of little LJ-esque clones, and then improving the OpenID/other account recognition something and syndication and then you still have the community function, but with friends on many different sites, and no one site has to bear the entire brunt (a la JournalFen), but everyone can pick the one they like best/is run by their friends/caters to their fandom-du-jour, and live in perfect harmony, frolicking among the flowers with fluffy bunnies and rainbows as far as the eye can see. And this is where I put on my Extra-Big-Nerd hat, and say that if everyone does their code-creation Open Source, all the sites can benefit from each others innovations and THERE IS EVEN MORE FROLICKING AMONG THE RAINBOWS. Of course, these things require people with time and money and programming abilities, but I think it could happen. Maybe in conjunction with OTW? Something.

Which, ahaha, I'm glad I checked Ye Olde Flist before posting, as there are a few folks talking about just that. here at synecdochic's journal, and over at elsejournal. Check that shit out.

Here, have some think-y thoughts

while I'm supposed to be writing exam questions, let me tell you my think-y thoughts re: LJ, asshattery, and proportional response.

( The crux of the matter is investment. )

And my last random thought: Someone in one of the discussions I did manage to read mentioned looking into the creation of not one centralized LJ clone, but into everyone making LOTS of little LJ-esque clones, and then improving the OpenID/other account recognition something and syndication and then you still have the community function, but with friends on many different sites, and no one site has to bear the entire brunt (a la JournalFen), but everyone can pick the one they like best/is run by their friends/caters to their fandom-du-jour, and live in perfect harmony, frolicking among the flowers with fluffy bunnies and rainbows as far as the eye can see. And this is where I put on my Extra-Big-Nerd hat, and say that if everyone does their code-creation Open Source, all the sites can benefit from each others innovations and THERE IS EVEN MORE FROLICKING AMONG THE RAINBOWS. Of course, these things require people with time and money and programming abilities, but I think it could happen. Maybe in conjunction with OTW? Something.

Which, ahaha, I'm glad I checked Ye Olde Flist before posting, as there are a few folks talking about just that. here at synecdochic's journal, and over at elsejournal. Check that shit out.