Thank you, fortuitous spammer!sidereaApril 8 2017, 08:24:21 UTC
I haven't agreed yet to LJs toxic new ToS, so I can't post - but I can still reply!
Is there anybody else still around?
In case you hadn't heard, in response to the server move and the odious new ToS, there's a mass exodus from LJ to Dreamwidth.org. Dreamwidth is a fork of LJ under active development. Please consider yourself invited! I've already moved over there. DW has a free account level, no ads; most importantly Dreamwidth has an importer to pull your LJ account into your DW account. You can of course sign up for a DW account at any time at your leisure, but if you want to bring your LJ journal with you, I would recommend you sign-up and trigger the import immediately - part of the new ToS seems to mean that third party backup apps like the DW importer are now against the rules, and I don't expect the LJ interfaces such tools use to remain available for long.
The importer maintains your permissions, so you won't be leaking private information if your do. Instructions here: LJ to Dreamwidth in a hurry (5 minutes).
The importer also does communities; it would be cool if a maintainer of intj backed the community up to Dreamwidth while it's still possible. It would be a shame to see intj disappear off the web if LJ goes dark. We had some very interesting conversations here.
I know it's been a long time since the comm was active, but thanks all the same, to the mods present and past, and to all the participants. I made a bunch of really great friends here, and will always recall it fondly.
Is there anybody else still around?
In case you hadn't heard, in response to the server move and the odious new ToS, there's a mass exodus from LJ to Dreamwidth.org. Dreamwidth is a fork of LJ under active development. Please consider yourself invited! I've already moved over there. DW has a free account level, no ads; most importantly Dreamwidth has an importer to pull your LJ account into your DW account. You can of course sign up for a DW account at any time at your leisure, but if you want to bring your LJ journal with you, I would recommend you sign-up and trigger the import immediately - part of the new ToS seems to mean that third party backup apps like the DW importer are now against the rules, and I don't expect the LJ interfaces such tools use to remain available for long.
The importer maintains your permissions, so you won't be leaking private information if your do. Instructions here: LJ to Dreamwidth in a hurry (5 minutes).
The importer also does communities; it would be cool if a maintainer of intj backed the community up to Dreamwidth while it's still possible. It would be a shame to see intj disappear off the web if LJ goes dark. We had some very interesting conversations here.
I know it's been a long time since the comm was active, but thanks all the same, to the mods present and past, and to all the participants. I made a bunch of really great friends here, and will always recall it fondly.
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