mod post---a mixed bag of things.....
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vintageadsyes, we still have contest voting going on....let's vote through next wednesday and i'll post the winner thursday.....vote here and be sure to weigh in on what you want january's contest to be please! and then the day after xmas---which is a Hall & Oates Day!! I will post our contestants for ad of the year and we'll vote on that through new year's eve and the WINNER will be declared new year's day---how's that sound??
someone messaged me awhile ago that ads were cut off when they viewed ads on the vintage ads page, but the ads viewed fine on the comment page for them....i had no problem at all until i went to tally finalists for our contest and i saw the same thing....is this happening for anyone else?? i usually only view v. ads on my friend's list....so if you do too, could you please go to our regular page and let me know if ads are cut off for you and maybe let me know what browser you are using as sometimes it is browser specific.....i might have to change the v. ads journal style.....
if you missed my mod post last night, here's a link to the lj news post where they mention upcoming changes to the comments---from what i have gathered they are going to do away with the subject box...it's apparent LJ doesn't particularly care about it's users, but let's not be passive and if you not yet voiced your opinion on this, please add to the chorus of 'please keep the subject box in comments' on this post here....and yes, of course, if you want them gone with, please comment as such---but i have to ask, are they that intrusive? can you just ignore them?? why do the majority have to suffer??
NOW....many people have mentioned DREAMWIDTH and some of you have generously offered me an invite code....i THOUGHT someone had given me an invite code when they were sort of new....i tried to log in today and uh, yeah...i DO have an account...created 5/5/2009!! never updated....i have no invites to give anyone though...how do you get invites?? i DID create a vintage ads community on dreamwidth as several of you have suggested.....now i have done nothing with it...haven't picked a journal style, nothing.....i will do that in the next couple weeks, but i would like to make it clear that THIS community will always be here---until LJ decides it doesn't want us anymore!!! but if you have a dreamwidth and want to join the community over there, please do...i have been told you can cross post here on LJ when you post there.....we can maybe figure this out together.....i know some of you have dreamwidth accounts and have been very helpful so i hope you can help me out here and some others who might want to get an account and be able to cross post to LJ's vintage_ads....
Vintage Ads on Dreamwidth
our new rule.....post about it here.....i read all the feedback, the PMs, the emails, and no one tracked me down at home, though did someone stopped by yesterday? thought i heard a knock....haha...sorry....anyway....this rule will be revisited february 1st....i know i said a month...but let's give it to february 1st....
i think the feedback was about 50/50...what i would like to say is that i spent a lot of time thinking about this before i made the rule....i mean, aside from the usual 'who likes rules?'....i AGREE with the people who say that this is a slippery slope....and i agreed with many other people who spoke eloquently why they were against the rule.....BUT whereas i can agree with many of those who are against it, i AGREE and can empathize and understand where the people who requested it are coming from and i wish to be sensitive to our members when they make, what i feel, is a reasonable request.....i admit with this rule and the 50/50 for/against i'm in an awkward position but i still feel it is reasonable and as i said we will revisit this and have another discussion and see if it's working, if not, why, should we modify it, discontinue it, are people avoiding posting ads because of it, etc and i might even do a poll for it....
we have a very diverse community here....when racist ads are posted, no one ever posts that they are FOR them, the comments are always just shock that such ads were ever acceptable, we have discussions on how times have changed, history of the times, we help educate our members from other countries who are not familiar with the racism we have had in this country, etc....
i hope that members will please, even if they disagree with the rule, use a cut for blatantly racist ads that depict people in stereotypical physical ways and in speech---this is not just for african americans, but also asian americans, native americans, etc...your cut language just has to say something like 'racist ad behind cut'....only blatantly racist ads....and yes, i understand that what is blatant to someone isn't blatant to another...that is one of the reasons why we will revisit this february 1st...i would not want ALL ads that take the 'racism' tag behind the cut, as i feel that in a way, would be a disservice....believe me, i do NOT want to be the PC police.....i am trying to be a good mod and i am trying to be sensitive to people and i truly believe it is a reasonable request---yes, even though i can agree with many who are against it....i think too much and can see both sides of things.....
if you've read all of the above, here's a reward!!! a hall & oates commercial!! :)
someone messaged me awhile ago that ads were cut off when they viewed ads on the vintage ads page, but the ads viewed fine on the comment page for them....i had no problem at all until i went to tally finalists for our contest and i saw the same thing....is this happening for anyone else?? i usually only view v. ads on my friend's list....so if you do too, could you please go to our regular page and let me know if ads are cut off for you and maybe let me know what browser you are using as sometimes it is browser specific.....i might have to change the v. ads journal style.....
if you missed my mod post last night, here's a link to the lj news post where they mention upcoming changes to the comments---from what i have gathered they are going to do away with the subject box...it's apparent LJ doesn't particularly care about it's users, but let's not be passive and if you not yet voiced your opinion on this, please add to the chorus of 'please keep the subject box in comments' on this post here....and yes, of course, if you want them gone with, please comment as such---but i have to ask, are they that intrusive? can you just ignore them?? why do the majority have to suffer??
NOW....many people have mentioned DREAMWIDTH and some of you have generously offered me an invite code....i THOUGHT someone had given me an invite code when they were sort of new....i tried to log in today and uh, yeah...i DO have an account...created 5/5/2009!! never updated....i have no invites to give anyone though...how do you get invites?? i DID create a vintage ads community on dreamwidth as several of you have suggested.....now i have done nothing with it...haven't picked a journal style, nothing.....i will do that in the next couple weeks, but i would like to make it clear that THIS community will always be here---until LJ decides it doesn't want us anymore!!! but if you have a dreamwidth and want to join the community over there, please do...i have been told you can cross post here on LJ when you post there.....we can maybe figure this out together.....i know some of you have dreamwidth accounts and have been very helpful so i hope you can help me out here and some others who might want to get an account and be able to cross post to LJ's vintage_ads....
Vintage Ads on Dreamwidth
our new rule.....post about it here.....i read all the feedback, the PMs, the emails, and no one tracked me down at home, though did someone stopped by yesterday? thought i heard a knock....haha...sorry....anyway....this rule will be revisited february 1st....i know i said a month...but let's give it to february 1st....
i think the feedback was about 50/50...what i would like to say is that i spent a lot of time thinking about this before i made the rule....i mean, aside from the usual 'who likes rules?'....i AGREE with the people who say that this is a slippery slope....and i agreed with many other people who spoke eloquently why they were against the rule.....BUT whereas i can agree with many of those who are against it, i AGREE and can empathize and understand where the people who requested it are coming from and i wish to be sensitive to our members when they make, what i feel, is a reasonable request.....i admit with this rule and the 50/50 for/against i'm in an awkward position but i still feel it is reasonable and as i said we will revisit this and have another discussion and see if it's working, if not, why, should we modify it, discontinue it, are people avoiding posting ads because of it, etc and i might even do a poll for it....
we have a very diverse community here....when racist ads are posted, no one ever posts that they are FOR them, the comments are always just shock that such ads were ever acceptable, we have discussions on how times have changed, history of the times, we help educate our members from other countries who are not familiar with the racism we have had in this country, etc....
i hope that members will please, even if they disagree with the rule, use a cut for blatantly racist ads that depict people in stereotypical physical ways and in speech---this is not just for african americans, but also asian americans, native americans, etc...your cut language just has to say something like 'racist ad behind cut'....only blatantly racist ads....and yes, i understand that what is blatant to someone isn't blatant to another...that is one of the reasons why we will revisit this february 1st...i would not want ALL ads that take the 'racism' tag behind the cut, as i feel that in a way, would be a disservice....believe me, i do NOT want to be the PC police.....i am trying to be a good mod and i am trying to be sensitive to people and i truly believe it is a reasonable request---yes, even though i can agree with many who are against it....i think too much and can see both sides of things.....
if you've read all of the above, here's a reward!!! a hall & oates commercial!! :)
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Date: 2011-12-16 01:20 am (UTC)I AM USING THE SUBJECT BOX, SEE THAT LJ?!?!??!?!
Date: 2011-12-16 01:42 am (UTC)Re: I AM USING THE SUBJECT BOX, SEE THAT LJ?!?!??!?!
Date: 2011-12-16 02:59 am (UTC)You need to find an LJ layout that has 1 or 2 columns on the left side only, and even then the window will still cut off a large or wide image, but it won't be hidden as it is now.
Re: I AM USING THE SUBJECT BOX, SEE THAT LJ?!?!??!?!
Date: 2011-12-16 11:44 am (UTC)Re: I AM USING THE SUBJECT BOX, SEE THAT LJ?!?!??!?!
Date: 2011-12-17 09:48 pm (UTC)will add to my ever growing 'to do' list!!
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Date: 2011-12-16 02:07 am (UTC)No thoughts on Dreamwidth yet, but I'll get back to you.
I remember that H&O ad! Thanks for finding that. It made me smile (and my name's not even Sara!) :)
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Date: 2011-12-17 10:06 pm (UTC)glad the ad made ya smile!!! :D
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Date: 2011-12-16 02:54 am (UTC)thank you!!
Date: 2011-12-18 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 03:02 am (UTC)You can set your LJ posts there to auto-crosspost to YOUR OWN LiveJournal, but "Crossposting to community accounts is not possible." :(
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Date: 2011-12-16 10:16 am (UTC)Also, you can't cross-post to a DW community and a LJ personal account. It has to be personal accounts on both sides.
say it isn't so....
Date: 2011-12-18 01:57 am (UTC)Re: say it isn't so....
Date: 2011-12-18 06:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 11:45 am (UTC)See this update: http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/31382.html
good to know!
Date: 2011-12-18 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 03:29 am (UTC)And i'll second the above comment - you are doing a very good job as mod - thank you for your thoughtfulness and attention.
:)
thank you! :)
Date: 2011-12-18 01:59 am (UTC)i am going to change the groups layout sometime next week after i get my xmas cards written and some gifts made, wrapped and shipped out...
Re: thank you! :)
Date: 2011-12-18 03:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 04:06 am (UTC)yep....
Date: 2011-12-18 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 05:31 am (UTC)Hmm?
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Date: 2011-12-16 11:46 am (UTC)lucky!!
Date: 2011-12-18 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 06:24 am (UTC)The larger ads are like that, for me. If I want to see them in full, I click on the comment page (which I don't mind doing). The smaller ads, though, show up just fine. I use Microsoft Explorer.
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Date: 2011-12-18 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-18 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 07:22 am (UTC)should we write to Hall & Oates??
Date: 2011-12-18 02:01 am (UTC)DW invites
Date: 2011-12-16 10:19 am (UTC)For the rest of December, nobody needs an invite! Special action by Dreamwidth.
In general, invites are given out automatically to journals matching certain criteria - "has no more invites" is one, "is a paid user" is another, etc. - site admins choose how to distribute new invites when they do a generating run. It's always possible to request more invites, though.
Also, the "dw_codesharing" community usually has offers of invites at any given time - check the "codes available" tag (http://dw-codesharing.dreamwidth.org/tag/codes+available) (and don't be afraid to go back a page or three - sometimes the "codes available" tag is not removed when all codes are gone from a given entry, but an entry that's "buried" a bit further down might still have some available!
Re: DW invites
Date: 2011-12-18 02:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 02:41 pm (UTC)new layout on the way!!!
Date: 2011-12-18 02:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-18 12:44 am (UTC)subject box is important!!
Date: 2011-12-18 02:03 am (UTC)and please, go to LJ news post and express your thoughts about the change!!! let LJ know how you feel!!
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Date: 2011-12-18 02:44 pm (UTC)