I completely agree with this post. I had IJ for a while some years ago but I ended up closing that account because I didn't like it there. I didn't like the whole 'insane' terminology there, the mascot was creeping me out and I definitely didn't like the heavy hero-worship of the site admin. I like DreamWidth a lot better, and that's the only place I crosspost to now. If forced to leave LJ, that's where I will go.