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Kalloway ([personal profile] kalloway) wrote in [personal profile] melannen 2022-03-11 03:05 pm (UTC)

I'm still torn on the Ukraine bundle. There was some pointed fuckery by the organizers while it was being assembled so I might just toss a check at MSF or something instead.

In a way, I'm baffled by the fuss with suddenly "saving"/importing LJ comms as if there hasn't been more than a decade in which to do it. But my experience with LJ comms was that they were ultimately ephemeral. A mod would flounce and delete everything, there'd be epic mod battles and I'd fuck off into the sunset when suddenly the rules had entirely changes, sometimes I'd wander in, post a bit, wander off... Even the few comms I modded were just sort of there, which is why I never dragged them over back when it was easier to do so. I'm guessing this really varied by fandom and participants? Mailing lists were basically the same feeling, which is why I kinda shrugged at Y!Groups demise. The fic got archived, nobody needs to save forty-seven "this was nice" comments.

(I also truly hope anyone doing massive community importing staggers their imports to let the people with decades of personal journal entries get their stuff taken care of.)

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