on the most recent LJ shakeup

It seems that Internet companies will never learn the lesson "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and the value of performing trial runs. I'm probably staying put on LJ for the time being, mostly because I'm too lazy to move (yes, I know that's not entirely a good quality. I'm also not the most tech-savvy person). If I did make any changes, it would be making a copy of my blog at Dreamwidth and cross-posting. I'm trying to keep up on the news but there's so much of it. I heard something about DW offering new journal codes through the end of the year. Does this mean that if I wanted to create a DW account as of January 1, 2012, that I would have to pay a fee?