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My journals I have control over. I have undeleted and moved on.
What I'm saddened by is others, not me, who have made icons, written fiction, or been in games, that may not take the time to activate again or may not even check the email in time to do anything about it. I don't have control in the sense that once a journal that I do not own is in delete status I can no longer view it to save anything.
Just a few weeks ago I was following links for old fiction recommendations -- and I do mean old, like 2005 - 2008 -- some of which were located on IJ. I'm appreciative of entries that are still available many years later. That type of content is part of why I'm here. I've seen fan fiction entries posted in 2007 with feedback comments dated 2010 and 2011. This is not all that unusual. Just because the owner of the journal walked away doesn't mean the content is no longer appreciated or valuable.
The definition of inactive being used in this deletion/purge means that some of that type of content will not be available by July of this year, and I do view it as a loss both to me personally, and to the communities who would continue to enjoy that content in the future.
What I'm saddened by is others, not me, who have made icons, written fiction, or been in games, that may not take the time to activate again or may not even check the email in time to do anything about it. I don't have control in the sense that once a journal that I do not own is in delete status I can no longer view it to save anything.
Just a few weeks ago I was following links for old fiction recommendations -- and I do mean old, like 2005 - 2008 -- some of which were located on IJ. I'm appreciative of entries that are still available many years later. That type of content is part of why I'm here. I've seen fan fiction entries posted in 2007 with feedback comments dated 2010 and 2011. This is not all that unusual. Just because the owner of the journal walked away doesn't mean the content is no longer appreciated or valuable.
The definition of inactive being used in this deletion/purge means that some of that type of content will not be available by July of this year, and I do view it as a loss both to me personally, and to the communities who would continue to enjoy that content in the future.