[info]vampiress_diva in [info]07refugees

Greatestjournal blunders yet again

mood: sympathetic
Oh dear god. Just when you thought GJ has reached the absolute bottom, they went down even further.

The icon maximum limit has reached 5. I tested this myself. If you value your gj icons, don't try to edit them.
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Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 at 02:28 am | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]telesilla

I was totally amused at how they slipped that under the wire while announcing that they weren't gonna be bothered to fix what's broke. Good thing I never set up camp seriously on GJ.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 10:51 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

Yes, same here. I made an account there just in case... but I never did anything with and it looks like I'm not going to.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 01:12 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

Yeah a month ago I'd of been pissed. But gj is exciting now! LOL like something new happens. We never know what that cooky system will do next week. :)
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:14 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]ex_alchemy547

I thought you had an icon of Melrose Bickerstaff; I was about to vomit.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 06:55 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]toimhseachan

I bet everyone who was praising GJ as an alternative to LJ after Strikethrough '07 are feeling a little bit foolish at this moment in time.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 10:59 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]iconographer

You're right there *sheepish*.

But I think most of us could see which way the wind was blowing- and after all, IJ did do as much as possible to welcome refugees in, while I don't remember GJ saying anything but "aggggggggggggggh, not more!"
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 11:48 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

As they should feel foolish for backing the wrong team.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:15 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]ex_alchemy547

Well, I had a GJ before strikethough but never used it enough to know there was a problem besides icon disappearances. If I didn't hear about IJ from others, I would've used GJ or went back to my DJ.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 06:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]antiaol

Ditto. I'd be on GJ or another host now, too, but I heard about IJ through...you.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 04:57 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]techno_goddess

O HAI, at least the price is right. Cuz you get nothing for nothing over there!
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 12:20 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]plumbob78

Except when the bill of sale promises everything for nothing.

I was only there exclusively for like a day, before they started telling folks to come here instead. I did so and quickly got myself a permanent account (it's cheap here!). I just wish I hadn't wasted my time moving my LJ over there only to find that site was falling apart. On the plus side, though, the implosion yields entertaining comments in their news threads.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 04:45 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]emilie_burns

I was there back when it was still unlimitedRPG.com, before they changed the name to GreatestJournal, and I never could get comfortable there enough to seriously consider it as a real journaling home, because of all the promises of all these bells and whistles and extras and shiny more things and how we should never, ever worry about how it's getting paid for because it's all taken care of, so stop asking.

It was already losing its bells and whistles before the Strikethrough influx. (image hosting, I think gjpix too, and icons were already starting to drop - it was 2k originally.)
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 07:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

You get what you pay for indeed.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:16 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]lelahiah

Sunny's bringing sexy back.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:08 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]lteagleeyes

How very true now.
I got a good laugh out of this one, thank you :)
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 02:12 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]antiaol

Absolutely right. I could give two craps about user icons, but not being able to have better CSS would get on my nerves very fast. The styles over there are completely horrorticulous.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:04 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

I love how the main page still says "10 icons per journal". -_-;
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 01:16 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

Well, you can't expect system to do it all himself.

o.O Oh, wait....
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 02:38 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

I meant that they reduced the number of icons to 5, and yet the main page (where they tell you all the "benefits of joining") still says you get ten.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 02:41 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

Yeah, I know LOL. I was making a joke on the arrogant way system acts. That is that you can't expect system to change both the code and the front page, but of course he does. That's why he won't let anyone help him out. ;-)
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 02:47 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]aristoboule

He is... system of a down! ;D
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 03:42 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]elmyraemilie

Muahaha!!! But you, my dear, are made of win.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:51 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]aristoboule

Hahahaha, thank you!
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

Ah, didn't know that. I was never really active on GJ (though I do have an account there) so I've got no idea what the admins are like.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]bloodbeat

Yes, because it's just so damned hard for him to lift those inactive little administrative pinkies and actually do some work with them!

I'm still convinced he's a petulant 10-year-old in a business suit.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 02:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

I'm convinced he's mailroom clerk doing this in his off-0time. He needs to feel the POWER!
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 02:38 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]bloodbeat

Ah yes, I couldn't agree more with that. Ever since all these problems started back in the summer months, I've been saying that it's a bloody snarfing power trip with him. Either that, or he's trying to make up for a marked deficiency in the pitifully small size of his anatomy by showing just how big of a cock he can be.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 02:55 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]antiaol

....[info]squeaky, anybody?

LOL.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:07 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

Nah. He'd be asking for help right now. :-D
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:16 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]antiaol

Um, I realized afterward it would've been better if I had made that the first reply to your comment. All I meant was to finsih your sentence for you by saying in effect "Oh wait...squeaky, anybody?" because as we all know, squeaky *does* do it all (pretty much) cheerfully, effeciently, and absolutely without complaint or delay. He is also the most responsive admin I have ever seen on any website. Just awesome. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 11:29 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

Two words: False advertising. Along with those "create journal" link & "private message" ad too.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:18 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]angelusancti

Have you also noticed that GJ still has "private messages" on the main page as well?
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 08:50 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]ondore

And "FREE PHOTO HOSTING" ... hahahaha
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 01:47 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]nashira

I noticed that last night when I was checking icon credits for some of my icons I used to use over there.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 04:19 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

Yeah. Sorry you lost your stuff. :-\
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]nashira

Oh I backed up my icons months ago and haven't edited them since, I was just checking who made a few :D
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:23 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]vampiress_diva

Since GJ has begun to trip, I started going here http://www.greatestjournal.com/allpics.bml?user=YOUR_USERNAME to check the icons out.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]nashira

I did that too, but it is perfectly safe to go to the edit icons page and not risk anything if you don't change a thing. It's not viewing the page itself that does the naughty, it's pressing 'save changes' that does it.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 05:35 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]worstangel

With all due respect, yes, it is just going to the page. Viewing the edit pics page automatically deactivates all but five of your icons.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 03:59 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]ex_alchemy547

Well, I have 1 userpic because GJ never gave a damn about my not active self.
Posted on Jan. 6th, 2008 07:05 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]nashira

Odd. Mine were deactivated long before I went to the page.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:43 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]vl_redreign

I went one better. I deleted my account. I never go there, and only did last year when LJ had the blackout. I created this one in June at the urging of a friend, and never looked back.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 12:08 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]antiaol

I think I'll keep my username there, just because you never know. Maybe GJ will get sold like, um, LJ did (hopefully not to the same people, though...I have no interest in dealing with SUP at all).
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 05:11 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]apotheosis

Unsurprisingly, the most popular FAQ question currently is "How do I delete/undelete my account?"

So it would seem you are far from alone.
Posted on Jan. 8th, 2008 07:20 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]barbayat

Funny enough although I never edited anything for a while, I only got 15 left of the 20 I uploaded, the other 5 show up as red dots...

Not that I'm sad, I had my GJ for some time, but never really used, except for backing up ... it did not took me long to decide for IJ, even though I don't particularly like any of the layouts.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 01:51 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]dragyn

11 out of 19 for me. Oddly enough, all of the anti-LJ ones are in the still working category.
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 03:37 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]barbayat

I don't know if that isn't just coincidence, for example I uploaded 8 Marcus Icons (a vampire from Poltergeist the Legacy) and four are dead, the other one is an animated gif ... seems pretty random, but what do I care - GJ never thrilled me that much
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 04:30 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]ondore

I will not miss GJ and the whiny emo kids plaguing the front page, or the childish way it has always been run. It's always sucked quite badly, and was a poor substitute for LJ.

I just hope IJ isn't a massive fraud, luring us all into a false sense of security... I feel nice here and will cry if it dies :(
Posted on Jan. 7th, 2008 01:49 pm (UTC) | | Reply