No, not here too!

[erychan86]

No LJ... WHY?

I don't know if you guys noticed but, LJ now gives you the option to leave a heart to an entry... You all know what it means... People will stop comment and just heart entries! I really don't like this because I like to have conversations with my friendlist, and I hope I'm not the only one feeling disappointed by this new addition!

I really don't understand the need for it! I understand it in socials like instagram, because you're saying you're liking that photo, but what about here? It doesn't make any sense... Here a post about my day and its ups and downs... heart... What does it mean? LJ is a place where we use words to espress ourselves and create a dialogue with other people... These hearts are not lovely, are a way to say "I read it, I'm not taking the time to write a comment, I have to do something else". This is very upsetting to me!

I wil heart entries, if there is something to heart (like a photo post or a video post) but I will always comment, because this is why I am here, to create a dialogue and get to know people! Basically hearts don't get us closer... They keep us apart!

This is how I feel about it.

P.S. I'm on my lady days so I feel pretty strong about a lot of things xD

Comments

[kaosah.livejournal.com]

Ohh noooo!!
I saw it on a comm just a few hours ago and didn't know what the hell it was.
I'm seriously hoping it doesn't go further than this, but I do have faith that people will still comment. At least I hope they will o.o THat's the whole point of this place.

That's probably what I will do, heart entries if there is something in it I really like, and comment. My feelings about this are in line with yours.

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

I agree!

You won't lose comments from me at least!

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

I strongly disagree with this too! It is not part of LJ culture at all. We read here - it's not just peep-and-scroll.

I can't see the heart yet though. I wonder if it's because I'm still using a very old version of LJ or if they are rolling it out gradually.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you there!!

[fearless.livejournal.com]

I so agree! Is that on the app? I pretty much only use it on my laptop and it's not showing.

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

Heh. You're the second one on my f'list to post about this. I don't think it'll change anything. Rather I HOPE it won't change anything. What I said to theirs was this: I want a like/heart option on COMMENTS, not entries.

[favoritexrecord.livejournal.com]

I don't see the point in it, either. I'd still prefer commenting.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I just noticed that and I was like "What the heck??" because no only is it dumb but it really screws up my layout!

[imagine-peace.livejournal.com]

I just saw that. It's so stupid.

[actorcracked.livejournal.com]

Agreed absolutely! Why, why, why?

[moongirl24.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. I can definitely see why you would have such a feature on some social media platforms, but I really don't see the need for it on LJ :/

[http://users.livejournal.com/_melodic_/]

I saw this too yesterday! So upsetting. I may not always have the time to read or comment on every post on my flist but I can't ever imagine just giving a <3 instead. It feels so impersonal. I mean it's fine for instagram and facebook but, as you stated, that is not what LJ is about. Sigh :/

[wildfeathers.livejournal.com]

I agree with you! the heart is okay with some entries but definitely not long serious ones. I didn't see this coming! LJ is becoming lots more like anything else.

I even think the thumbs up on facebook can be used wrongly. Like I sometimes see people like sad articles. I never understood why....

[theemdash]

I'm fairly certain I'll be ignoring that heart 99.9% of the time. I can think of some good reasons to use—depressed days being one—but, yeah, I'm on LJ to have meaningful communication with people. I think the loss of old LJ culture has made people forget that a small comment means more than a click.

[sometimesartist.livejournal.com]

There's so much wrong with this new feature I can't even put it into words...

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I think most users are against them, I haven't seen many entries being liked on my flist at all so far (I'm seeing likes more on community entries), so hopefully people won't use them as an excuse to get lazy about commenting!

[topum.livejournal.com]

I disagree, haha. Even though I do not expect to be a big user of this, I think the more tools and flexibility the better. I do not want to restrict other people in using LJ the way they feel they want to just because I want to use it differently. And nobody is forcing us to use it, right? ). It is not possible to force people into having real conversations by not giving them "like" buttons. And in general I have always found all that pushing people into commenting quite psychotic. If people comment out of fear of being unfriended or just to pay you back for commenting in their journal, those are not real conversations anyway. Forcing, extortion, restriction are not things that can stimulate real things that matter. They distort everything and turn love into rape or prostitution, gift into trade or extortion, etc. And the only thing worse than not having real conversations is having pretend real conversations (that deep down we know we extorted from people by whining, etc). The only real way to get real feedback and conversations is to post content people want to talk about and find your true readers, who read you because they want to and not just because you read them. It might take much longer and be much smaller but it will be real. And any conversations that could be killed just by having a "like" button probably were not worth having anyway. Just my view ).

[topum.livejournal.com]

And btw, I liked this entry ). Because the real you are finally back from the meme-land. Welcome back ).

[prinzessbtrfly.livejournal.com]

yes, i hate the idea too. i hope they change their minds but we'll see. if they don't, i hope there is a way that i can deactivate it for my account. i want some interaction damn it!!