Altivo

Thanks for the info. From what I saw on their website, I kind of expected "It's LiveJournal ... with extra stuff!" like, I dunno, live video chat or something. (That's just my example and speculation; they never said anything like that.) I like the idea of the return to LJ's roots, in an ideal world. But there's a reason LJ doesn't do it that way anymore, and it's not just because the corporate overlords blew it (though they arguably did). Unless the Dreamwidth operators are independently wealthy, money will be an issue eventually. Although maybe they'll have that covered with paid accounts.

I like the idea of the changes you mentioned about filtering and friends lists. I like the idea of development happening, period. That's something that I don't think we can count on at LJ as much as we used to.