[info]sylumgator in [info]07refugees

GJ is back up

http://news.greatestjournal.com/

specifically - http://www.greatestjournal.com/community/news/100625.html

Main DB died :( [Jan. 13th, 2008|04:11 pm]

system
There was a complete hard drive failure today in the main DB server - site now running on backup DB.

as mentioned earlier:
We recommend http://InsaneJournal.com with brand new servers and highly motivated admin and mods.

You can alwas export current Journals and Comments here:

http://www.greatestjournal.com/export.bml


Of course, you click "120 comments" and POOF, the DB is not available there.

Honestly, i am rather surprised they fixed it.

Comments

I think some people are being unreasonable with their reasons for not wanting IJ in particular, but, to be fair, GJ was home to a good many people for a few years now. I made some of the best friends I have on that site. I held on for a few months hoping it would get better, but eventually moved. I really like IJ, and I don't think it is very nice to insult it when those who are doing it (well some) haven't even tried it.

Still, I can't say I want GJ to just crash and burn. My stuff is backed up, yes, and I don't post there anymore, but it is still a memory I'd like to keep. We're not all delusional. We just hate seeing a place we loved go down in flames. I understand you're upset with those who keep claiming IJ can never be a good 'replacement' but please remember a bunch of us who are here and happy still have fond memories of GJ (not of system, of the site).
Well, I didn't mean they're all delusional but I guess I should've spelled that out.

I came here from LJ and the difference is just like night and day. People on LJ were unfriendly, rude, snarky, cliquey, trollish, stalkers, troublemakers, immature, meddling, harsh, rash, stupid, and that's just the short list of the mob's overwhelming qualities. I was there for two years and one week and for two years and one week I hated it. I don't know why I stayed. The people on IJ are pretty awesome so far; that's one thing that's helped me to like it here.

GJ seems to have LJ's bad attitude spread amongst most of its users. I read the comments to the last two news posts on GJ; so many people there are so snarky and trollish, just like on LJ, but unlike on LJ where many trolls and insults are simply ignored, on GJ they get into a lot of childish fights with each other, get nasty, lose their tempers, and it all gets so ugly so fast. I dislike it intensely.

When they insult IJ because it has a color-scheme they don't like I just shake my head. Others complain that on IJ you can't change your journal style without a paid account; that's totally and completely untrue. You just can't edit the theme layer without paying - that's no different than how LJ works! We have so many features even for free users that GJ users no longer have, I wonder what part of the deal here they don't understand. I wonder why they are so harsh.

Another thing that impressed me about IJ is the news page, which as you probably know you can read right from the login page. Judging by the News page, [info]squeaky is always on top of things, he always lets users know what's going on right away, he always gives an ETA for when issues will get fixed and he always updates once issues are taken care of. That's mad impressive considering I was in the class of 60,000-70,000 users when I joined, and is even more impressive now that the site is already over 130,000 users in little over one month.

Not only that, he's responsive, which is a rare quality, and very hard to find in most site admins/owners. He really cares and even replies to everyone who thanks him for doing a good job. He probably takes a lot of time just to keep up with those comments in News, posting repsonses and answering people's questions. And he answers questions! All the time. Every time. Now compare that to system. Enough said.

He even listens to suggestions in comments in his own journal, in News and probably in other communities as well. For instance, the other day I suggested there should be a press area on IJ; [info]squeaky created [info]press just a few minutes later. Now that's a site admin who knows how to listen and knows how to respond.

I know I sound terribly harsh on system at times, but there is a world of difference between him and a good site admin, and anyone who can't see that is just pain blind. Sorry.

I love this site, no doubt. The site scheme is supposed to change soon, and even if it doesn't, it doesn't bother me. I'm here to write and hang out, not worry about what color the pages are. I couldn't care less. But I'll never trust any blogging site again after the way LJ went the "broken-promise-about-no-ads/broken-promise-about-no-censorship/bannation/sellout-to-Russians" route, and I don't make any secret of my flightiness or distrust anymore. It's not IJ's or anyone's fault, I just can't do it.
I agree with everything you said, but like I said to someone else if someone is so superficial as to choose another less reliable site over this one, I'd rather they do that. But every site has their trolls unfortunately. GJ used to be a good place to be, but now it has gone down the drain.

Squeaky even has a Twitter account to give site updates if the servers are under maintenance.