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Well, 10,000 comments on the news post announcing the LJ/FB linking without an answer from staff seems to pretty well make the point. The poll results are also interesting.
I didn't quite make 10 years, but 9 years of paid account is done. I'll keep crossposting and reading at LJ, but I think Dreamwidth is likely to be a more supportive community. SUP has said in interviews(somewhat awkward English autotranslation) that they're not concerned about people leaving, and I understand what they're saying. They'd rather that the people that are concerned about privacy not be on LJ. Wikipedia's summary of that interview seems pretty accurate:
"Anton Nossik, an advisor to SUP, has not reacted favourably to criticism by site users. In an interview given in March 2008, he accused LiveJournal users of "trying to scare and blackmail us, threatening to destroy our business," and stated that a large class of users have as their only purpose bringing harm to LiveJournal and its founders; "their goal is to criticize, destablilize and ruin our reputation." In the interview, he predicted that his likely reaction to such pressure would be to retaliate against the users rather than bowing to their pressure."
Some will view this as a flounce, but it's closer to a final straw. Sadly, I've reacted to my discomfort with what's been going on over the past few years by posting even less than my usual amount on LJ, and that's not productive. So, I'm going to vote with my money and content, even though I don't think SUP is particularly concerned about either of those.
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I didn't quite make 10 years, but 9 years of paid account is done. I'll keep crossposting and reading at LJ, but I think Dreamwidth is likely to be a more supportive community. SUP has said in interviews(somewhat awkward English autotranslation) that they're not concerned about people leaving, and I understand what they're saying. They'd rather that the people that are concerned about privacy not be on LJ. Wikipedia's summary of that interview seems pretty accurate:
"Anton Nossik, an advisor to SUP, has not reacted favourably to criticism by site users. In an interview given in March 2008, he accused LiveJournal users of "trying to scare and blackmail us, threatening to destroy our business," and stated that a large class of users have as their only purpose bringing harm to LiveJournal and its founders; "their goal is to criticize, destablilize and ruin our reputation." In the interview, he predicted that his likely reaction to such pressure would be to retaliate against the users rather than bowing to their pressure."
Some will view this as a flounce, but it's closer to a final straw. Sadly, I've reacted to my discomfort with what's been going on over the past few years by posting even less than my usual amount on LJ, and that's not productive. So, I'm going to vote with my money and content, even though I don't think SUP is particularly concerned about either of those.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth with
comments. Please comment there using OpenID - no Dreamwidth account is required.