*g*

[hils]

Nicked this from caersidi who nicked it from someone else. Like Viv I have been on LJ since 2001 so I remember most of this

A brief history of Livejournal

MAR 1999 — Livejournal founded

NOV 1999 — news founded

APR 2000 — Comment system added
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

AUG 2000 — Interest system added
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2000 — Paid accounts get new features
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2000 — Communities premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAR 2001 — Polls premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2001 — Invite codes premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2002 — First dead account purge
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2003 — S2 premieres
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUL 2003 — User interest match feature disabled
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

NOV 2003 — Phone posts premiere; invite codes system removed
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUL 2004 — Fotobilder premieres
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2005 — Six Apart buys LJ; LJ Blackout 2005
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.
- brad ascends into Heaven; becomes God of LJ to whom disgruntled users pray.

JUN 2005 — Second dead account purge; permanent accounts for sale; tags premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2005 — Free storage and userpic upgrades
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

FEB 2006 — Virtual gifts premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAR 2006 — Loyalty userpics; increased userpics for paid accounts
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

APR 2006 — Sponsored accounts premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAY 2006 — Nipplegate '06
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart (and hardvice), threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2006 — Sponsored communities premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

OCT 2006 — TXTLJ / LJTalk premiere
- No one notices.

NOV 2006 — LJ Blackout 2006
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

FEB 2007 — Military schools removed from school listings. Hogwarts, Starfleet Academy remain
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAY 2007 — Strikethrough 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUN 2007 — Permanent Account Sale, LJ Blackout 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

AUG 2007 — Boldthrough 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2007 — Six Apart sells LJ to SUP; Certain keywords in user interests are unsearchable
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart and SUP, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAR 2008 — Basic Account creation disabled
- Users go batshit, blame SUP, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

Comments

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

You missed the big one;

November 2007, comment editing arrives. Users decide in droves to forgive LJ for most of its sins because for the first time in many years they'd actually given us something that we wanted.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Haha! Yes, I totally forgot about that. I didn't actually write this though *g*

[drusplace.livejournal.com]

That is the funniest thing I've read all week!

Love this: JAN 2005 — Six Apart buys LJ; LJ Blackout 2005
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.
- brad ascends into Heaven; becomes God of LJ to whom disgruntled users pray.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Yeah, it amused me too *g*

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

"OCT 2006 — TXTLJ / LJTalk premiere
- No one notices."

LOL!

Priceless

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Yeah, I think it's good to laugh at all the drama sometimes

[vichan.livejournal.com]

*head scratchies* People threatened to leave over increased userpics? I don't remember that. I remember going "hells, yeah!"

Still, WIN.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I don't think they did. It was just a joke. I don't recall people threatening to leave over polls either.

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

Increased user pics for paid users caused unpaid (basic) users to get hissy.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Ahh! Yes, now I DO remember that!

[vichan.livejournal.com]

Now that's just silly. What, are they 12? O_O

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahahaha!!

I'm tempted to add at the bottom of the list:

JAN 2200 - Lj users are consulted about what they want. They reply. Lj goes bankrupt and closes down.
- Users are sad until they find a new journal site which they immediately start to complain about.

:)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehehe!!!! Sadly that is so true!

[mysticmoonstorm.livejournal.com]

*Looks around*
Yep - I definitely don't pay enough attention. I didn't realize Six Apart sold LJ to SUP. Huh.
*crawls back under rock*

[hils.livejournal.com]

LOL! *pets*

[mysticmoonstorm.livejournal.com]

Oh - in case you haven't seen it - this is a really good post about the whole LJ business thing...
http://chipotle.livejournal.com/183056.html

[hils.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. Thanks!

[spikewriter]

Hmm. Sounds like most fandoms I've known. :)

I'm spending Friday backing up certain material to IJ because I don't have a comfort level to keep them housed solely on LJ any more. It's far less convenient for me, but I do need to take care of that for my peace of mind (a lot of writing in progress is housed in private categories).

Also, I have Who fic I need to edit and I should probably spend some time Friday doing that. I'd like to get this posted before Series 4 premieres and I'm completely jossed (not that the Torchwood side of it hasn't been already).

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. I would recommend everyone backup their journals in one way or another because you just never know. That's one of the main reasons I set up a fiction journal, so it's all in one place and makes backing it up easier

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

LOL

[hils.livejournal.com]

*g*

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Now THAT'S funny. :)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! YAY! Glad I could inject a little humour into my flist

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

OCT 2006 — TXTLJ / LJTalk premiere
- No one notices.

*snickers*

[hils.livejournal.com]

*g*

[lexalicious70.livejournal.com]

This all reminds me of when my old stomping ground, GAFF.net, went through a bunch of changes and eventually became mostly a pay site. Some did leave, (I was one of them because unlike LJ, it didn't have enough to make me want to pay,) but despite all the hoo-haa, little changed in the end. Hee!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean I already pay for it so I'm really not fussed about all the hoo-haa

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

OMG, I must edit my "I'm not doing the strike" post NAO. XDD

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe!!! Glad it made you laugh *g*

[cibeles.livejournal.com]

I almost forgot about invite codes! I had to get one back in the day.

a friend linked me to this, it's totally brilliant.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yup, I got into LJ via an invite code and I issued a few to my friends before LJ did away with it