If you really needed a good reason to evacuate from LJ, this might be it

[elrhiarhodan]

LiveJournal is blocking and deleting accounts that have posts that link to outside websites. It's supposedly because of a new spambot catcher, but it's affecting a lot of non-spam accounts. Affecting as in DELETING YOUR JOURNAL WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTICE.

You can read about it in detail here, but all I can say is that if you've been on the border about leaving LJ for DW, this really should push you over the fence.

I only picked this up because I occasionally go to my Friends page on LJ - maybe once a week - and I saw this on the HC Bingo comm.

Get out while you still have a journal to import.

Comments

[teaotter]

Wow, that's awful.

(And the post you linked to got one of the "top 25 of LJ" comments on it. The irony!)

[vexed_wench]

Wow that's an all new low even for LJ.

Thanks for the heads up.

[selenic76]

Thanks for the heads up. Good thing I'm already backed up on DW...

[walking_tornado]

Yikes. That's unsettling. Glad I've moved.

[sherylyn]

Good. Freaking. Heck. Seriously, LJ??? I think this has about made the decision for me to do like you've done and disable comments on my LJ and "force" the transition to DW a bit more. I haven't posted to LJ since I started using DW more (I've posted on DW w/the cross-posting, but I'm not doing it "on" LJ anymore), and this just solidifies it. Seriously, this is just too much! :-P

Also, would it be okay to quote at least part of your post if/when I get around to basically saying the same on my DW/LJ? I don't think I could say it better than you did!!

[elrhiarhodan]

{{{hugs}}}

You certainly may quote my post - or the post where the news was originally broken.

This is un-fucking-believable. Most of my posts have some kind of external link. My images are hosted externally. And you know what, I haven't even checked to see if my journal still exists on LJ!

[sherylyn]

**HUGS** Thanks bunches! And yes, I'll include that post/link, too... b/c I *can* link to other places on DW! LOL!! And yes, exactly -- all my photos, etc., are on Dropbox now, so there are lots of external links, even without me having tons and tons of posts. Geez, that's just nuts!

And your LJ must still exist, b/c I actually saw your post there first! LOL! I've just gotten in the habit of opening both my LJ and DW tabs when I get online, so I don't miss anyone :)

[kanarek13]

What a clusterfuck :/ Thank you for letting us know, I missed the post on hc_bingo... le sigh. I'm glad I have pretty much made myself at home at DW, especially now when my LJ can go at any time - most of my posts contain links to outside websites... what an idiotic move, LJ :/

[secretsolitaire]

Oh, for goodness' sake.

[hurinhouse]

Thanks for the info. Does anyone know where I can find instructions on the easiest/quickest way to move all my fic from LJ to DW?

[elrhiarhodan]

You just need to import all of your entries from your LJ into DW. There's a great post here on using DW (and the differences with LJ). But the import process is very easy:

And most relevantly, here is the FAQ on how to import. It is easy and painless.

[hurinhouse]

Thank you!

[hurinhouse]

Who do I thank? Wow. Less than a day after requesting the import, everything's moved over. DW rocks!

[elrhiarhodan]

The import process is generally very quick - usually an hour or so when there's no major load (like tons of people fleeing LJ). DW is awesome - there are so MANY cool features, like replying to comments in an email message, email postings, crosspostings. Turn on the "beta" features and you'll have access to an incredible new-ish entry posting page (it's still in beta, but it's 3 years old, or so). If you want to import your LJ style (if you'd spent time customizing it), there's a way to do that, too. All without ads. All without censorship.

It's like a little slice of heaven.