19 posts tagged “voxpraise”

Today is the last day there will be a Vox Hunt or a QotD!!!

Wait, wait... Today's April 1st, isn't it. Vox, are you pulling my leg?!?!?!?!

Every now and again I got through all my pages of pictures in my library here on Vox. I was shocked to see I had 25 pages worth. I like to make sure that every one has a pretty descriptive title and tags - because ever since moving to Vox (I could tag on my GreatestJournal too, but never did) I've become a tag whore. I love tags. I love that they help me find what I'm looking for in my thousands (1600+!!!) of posts. I just wish more people tagged because I would find a lot more people to put in my neighborhood if I was able to find posts about similar interests.

As some of you may know, before Vox my blogging space was GreatestJournal, not to be confused with LiveJournal. Well GJ is having some troubles, and it doesn't look like they're trying to fix them and are instead directing people to start using InsaneJournal (what's with all these spaceless-titled journals?!). I'm torn as to what I want to do because I don't want to leave my postings to be let free in the wind of careless admins but I don't know if I want to trouble through weeding through them to choose the best. To make matters worse, there are some posts I'd like to keep that have pictures (very rare of me, but I still did it) and GJs picture server is down (with no news as to when it'll be back up) and so there are some I'd like to keep that I can't because the pictures are missing.

This has also gotten me thinking, what am I going to do when Vox becomes extinct? Its sure to happen, nothing lives forever. I'd like to keep these entries for as long as I can and look back on them when I'm 80 and remember that I was (somewhat) smart & witty & full of life & energy. Will Vox be here in 55 years? Will blogs even be here in 55 years?

Food for thought people, food for thought.

I was browsing the Vox pages (what are they called? The ones that are about culture & life & music? Oh, BTW, I saw both Korgoth and W. B. Mook featured on there) and on the Technology page they've got a whole feature on what everyone is saying about Vox's new changes.

Now everyone knows, I love Vox. I love it because it is free, stylish, and so, so, so easy to get such a eye pleasing blog! When I show people my blog - they're blown away by A) How full and informational my blog page is, B) How easy it is to make it that way, and C) THAT IT'S FREE. You've got to pay for LiveJournal (if you want it to do cool stuff), TypePad and so many other blogging sites. But Vox is free.

Everyone also knows that I put in my two cents about the changes and admitted with everyone else that I didn't like them. I'd also have to agree with Shush Now's post that Vox's response to everyone's complaint was not the best - but with all of that said...

People are leaving?! Seriously?! Maybe these people are not committed bloggers. I mean, going to a different blogging site right now seems insane because I've invested over a year of my hard-written thoughts into this blog. I've taken the time to post pictures & songs & books & every other media that Vox encourages and supports. Not only that, but what other blogging site, aside from paid ones, supports as much as Vox does? Books straight from Amazon? Clips straight from YouTube? Picture linking between Flickr & Photobucket (not having to post the picture in two places is such <3)? None! Vox is a gem, a free gem! Look at your choices people!

I don't even care if the rumors are true, that they've change their style to get more advertising (more pages you have to visit in order to do one action = more advertising space available). SixApart people have to eat. If they don't find an income now, Vox is either going to turn into a paid site or be left behind. Or worst! Turn into a free site that looks and acts like crap *cough* LiveJournal *cough* but with a paid portion that's better.

We have to accept change. We have to step back and realize that while they've change how to do stuff - all that stuff is still there. The essence of the blog is still there. Touch my blog formatting though and I'll burn you to the ground SixApart - you hear me?! TO THE GROUND!!! leave and never come back.

Oh, and [this is good]? Good riddance. It was becoming boring and repetitive and I'd turned out long ago. [this is good] might have been a staple of Vox, but so is QotD & Vox Hunt.

Okay, I have to admit that I think its cool that each of the "What's New On Vox" modules (like culture, technology, life) have their own QotDs. Though I wonder now if they're going to start making the general Vox QotDs so blatantly open and watered down because they have more specialized areas that deal with the other types of questions?

I hope they stop with the "Britney Spears just lost custody of her children, how would you react?" type of questions :(

Just kidding :) Well, not really - Vox didn't take any of my feedback I left about the new page setup - but that's okay. They probably got more "oooohs" and "aaaahs" than complaints about what was bothering me. I like change, I just don't like changing for changing sake. As an armature designer and techie myself, I'm sure that there are a ton of benefits - both back and front end - to these changes and for that I welcome them.

You hear that?! I WELCOME THE OVERLOADS OF CHANGE!!!!

Not that this is a real event, but I thought to post about it anyhow. I'm surprised that I've been here a year already - yet at the same time I'm surprised that it's only been a year because I feel like I've be apart of this for ages. Its such a natural and fulfilling way to record a part of my life I want to remember forever.

Cake

I no longer aspire to be here - do you know why? Lately it's really blown. All of the stuff listed on [this is good] portion of the homepage (aside from the photos, mind you) have been so clique and fake sounding - almost like Vox is planting "interesting" people throughout Vox.

If someone is reading this who has been featured on [this is good], I'm not trying to insult you in the least! I'm just sick of seeing the same type of stories and members featured here. Like the popular kids in high school or something. Maybe I'm bitter because I was never popular. Maybe I'm sick of seeing boring self-revelations. Maybe I'm just sick of [this is good] all the way around.

I think I'm in a bad mood :(

Tags might be back, but it looks like they're truncating them - so if you have a ton only the first few will show... I don't know how I feel about that - though I am ecstatic that ANY of the tags are back.

This is an update to my earlier post entitled Up and down. Up and down.

I went to my review this morning and everything went fine. The "incident" was not ever mentioned, all that was put in the review was under Interpersonal Relations section and it simply said that I had been reported as being curt to some customers and they wanted me to work on that. I got a six instead of a seven - but in that section only. In the end I got my raise, I got a check beside "very good" in the overall performance (only one below excellent) and they've encouraged me to work towards flexing to the next position which basically means that my job is split into two experience based positions and they want me to gain enough experience to go into the second position.

I think that my emotions got the better of me again. I got too worked up and over-offended and I'm sorry if I seemed overly dramatic to some. I'm not usually like this. My sister tells me its a good sign, she said it's a sign that I care about my job enough to care how good of a job I'm doing. I do care. I have no shame in admitting that. I remember once I worked in a clothing outlet retail shop, and they started this small incentive program where they'd give us "dollars" (fake dollar bills with our company logo in the middle) for doing a good job. You couldn't do anything with the dollar bills but it was the recognition that was important. I was given a lot of dollars. The other girls started snickering behind my back saying I was such a loser for trying to get the dollars and that this was just a stupid retail job. My boss heard them once and called me into her office and said, "You're a good employee and there is nothing wrong with that - no matter what job you're doing." I will always remember that.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post and gave your suggestions, well wishes, and past experiences. It means a lot to me to know that the relationships I've built here - though they're mainly web-based - are still important and caring :)