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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:50pm on 2007-10-10

My LJ paid time is expiring soon, and for reasons I'll get into in more depth later (yes, related to various actions by Six Apart this year) I do not plan to renew. I'm also not willing to switch to a 'plus' account and support them with ads, which means cutting back to six icons. I'm currently using fourteen (on the services that allow that many; not on Blurty), and trying to decide which ones to keep on LiveJournal. On InsaneJournal and CommieJournal I'll continue using all fourteen (I think I'm only using ten on GreatestJournal.)

Another feature I'll lose on LJ is, of course, the ability to create polls. So what the heck, one last poll before I have to modify my posting script to treat the various sites differently, eh?

(Folksd reading this on one of the other services, go ahead and answer if you have an opinion; while only my LJ account is losing icons, which ones I can use everywhere will be a factor in picking which icon to use on any particular entry.

I reserve the right to make up my own mind when all is said and done, but I'm curious as to what other folks think. So:

[Poll #1069283]

And I'll also get to find out what happens to an existing poll when paid account status goes away while people are still filling it out.

There are 10 comments on this entry. (Reply.)
 
posted by [identity profile] starmalachite.livejournal.com at 02:36am on 2007-10-11
If -- and *only* if -- you decide to delete "Departure" and "Savemynation," may I gack?
 
posted by [identity profile] selki.livejournal.com at 05:31pm on 2007-10-11
Seconded, re "Departure"
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 02:43pm on 2007-10-13
I'm keeping Departure because I like using it for dreams as well as for travel-related entries.

I'm going to continue using SaveMyNation on GJ/IJ/CJ but I guess there won't be too much identity-confusion if you use it on LJ while I use it on the other sites.

(In hindsight, I wonder whether a picture of the Constitution would've worked better than a flag, considering what recent threats to the country have seemed most prominent.)
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posted by [personal profile] cellio at 03:08am on 2007-10-11
I would like to see the animated Perrine one at the size of the still version.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 02:19pm on 2007-10-12
Hmm. I made it smaller to keep it within the file-size limits, but I'll have to go play with it again to see whether I can get away with making it full-icon-sized somehow.
 
posted by [identity profile] blueeowyn.livejournal.com at 01:29pm on 2007-10-11
I didn't vote on the Transister because I don't think I've seen it before (and if you aren't using it...) In general I don't like animated icons (esp. if they are not smooth which unfortunately the yawn2 isn't).
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 06:51am on 2007-10-12
I use transsister mostly on comments elsewhere, not so much on my own entries.

When I first made the Perrine icons I guessed that some people wouldn't like animated icons in general, and the still version was so that I could use a picture of her (and sort of refer to the animated version thereby, for folks who'd already seen the animation) without inflicting animation on everyone every time I wanted. With more icon-slots available than I was ever going to fill, that seemed easy enough...

I'm still trying to make up my mind between my own fondness for the animated version and the desire to not throw animation around too often.
 
posted by [identity profile] sodyera.livejournal.com at 04:19pm on 2007-10-11
You have one wearing a kilt that I'd like to see more of.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 06:26am on 2007-10-12
The only kilt pic I've used as an avatar/icon is the "can you hear me now" one (in which you can't really tell what I'm wearing). I'm not sure which picture you're thinking of, but if I find it I'll see about iconizing it.
 
posted by [identity profile] mammasteed.livejournal.com at 05:41pm on 2007-10-12
As you may or may not know, I only think to check in at LJ maybe once every six months or so, so I don't remember most of your icons anyway :) But I thought I'd let you know that, since I voted, your vader icon has grown on me. My first reaction was, "uh.... that's cute, but it's not very Glenn-like".... but the more I think about it, the more I love it... and now I think it *IS* Glenn-like - a little bit strange and carrying a guitar! *shrug*


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