Ugh. LJ is still acting up
Are they ever going to fix it? Look, I am all for freedom and dissidents and commenting on corruption. And the Russian LJers have as much right as anyone else to post whatever they want, even if it may result in pissing off un- or authorized hackers.
But ultimately, and as a practical matter, I need a blogging platform I can reliably use. I want to be able to post when I want, I want to read others' posts when I want, and I want to be able to reliably make and reply to comments.
If I can't have that, I am simply going to move to another platform (so far, I am going with dreamwidth but am researching blogs proper. If all my flist moved to dreamwidth, I'd probably never come back to lj, but since they haven't, I am trying to wait it out for longer). I am not blaming or annoyed at either LJ itself or the supposed protest blogs which caused this. LJ isn't losing any money from me, as I have a permanent account and already shelled out all I ever will. Principles are great but practicality is important - and a working blogging platform is basically the sine qua non of what you want and expect from any on-line posting site.
But ultimately, and as a practical matter, I need a blogging platform I can reliably use. I want to be able to post when I want, I want to read others' posts when I want, and I want to be able to reliably make and reply to comments.
If I can't have that, I am simply going to move to another platform (so far, I am going with dreamwidth but am researching blogs proper. If all my flist moved to dreamwidth, I'd probably never come back to lj, but since they haven't, I am trying to wait it out for longer). I am not blaming or annoyed at either LJ itself or the supposed protest blogs which caused this. LJ isn't losing any money from me, as I have a permanent account and already shelled out all I ever will. Principles are great but practicality is important - and a working blogging platform is basically the sine qua non of what you want and expect from any on-line posting site.