Oh, for the love of all that's holy

[docwebster]

So SixApart bought LJ.

Big fucking whoop-te-do.

To hear people's reactions to it, you'd think LJ had been bought by Microsoft and was forcibly being converted to LivejournalXP.

Let me ask the grand assortment of Chicken Littles this: have you ever known bradfitz to be an idiot? No, you say? Wellllllll, then..

Get your heads unburied from your sphincters and quit being so damn panicky, already. As bradfitz has said time and again even before SixApart became part of the picture, this is his baby and he wouldn't sell it if he didn't think it wasn't going to be just fine.

Get a collective grip, will you? Jesus.

Comments

[beki.livejournal.com]

I have mixed feelings about this as well. I havent really noodled it all out quite yet tho. I may post about it if I ever get time (HA!)

I can understand Brad's reasons and that is cool. It is a good move for him. My concerns are more for the future of LJ. Many of the LJ user that are Sixapart users as well seem to be the biggest b*tchers. That concerns me. Once Brad has signed on the dotted line, he no longer owns LJ. He may have a say in how it is run for a certain amount of time, but he no longer has control.

Having gone through a buyout with my own company (you do remember the US West/Qwest buyout dont you?) I have learned the hard way that what they tell you up front and what happens later are two very different things. We know that Brad is doing his best to be above board, and that is cool. We do not know the motives of Sixapart, and judging by how their current users are not happy with this move makes me wonder what their intentions are.

I survived Joe Nacchio raping my company, I would hate to see something similar happen to something I happen to enjoy.

That being said, I dont know these folks, nor have I used their service. People in general dont look forward to change, nor do they like losing what they feel is control of a situation. Perhaps if Brad said this is getting to be too much for me, would you the users want to buy LJ, folks might feel a bit different. I dont know. I just hope for everyone that this turns out better than folks are fearing. Let's all hope we are just wasting a good worry.