What fresh fuckery is this, LJ?

[ratherastory]

So in spite of vociferous protests, LJ has gone and changed the comment box format. Among the "improvements":

- No more subject line
- No more drop-down box to select icons (instead there is a bandwidth-sucking thumbnail view)
- No more thread and parent links in posted comments
- No more ability to preview comments before posting

You know what? This sucks. How am I supposed to run ohsam, in which I always track comment threads by subject title? WTF, LJ? It wasn't broken!

Okay. Other moderators, have you given any thought to a workaround on this? At this point, I am close to letting my paid account & icons just lapse and to find some damn where else to post, but I've been with LJ for nearly ten years and I hate change.

Thoughts?

Comments

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

I was on blindfold when this went into effect and my first thought was OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT hoodie_time and ohsam.

Anyway, I saw this patch-fix (http://spnkink-meme.livejournal.com/55148.html) on spnkink_meme. Maybe it helps?

But if you do decide to transfer completely, let me know because you're one of the authors I track.