(Unlike nearly everything I post, this is intentionally only being posted to LiveJournal.)

A few days ago, I posted my analysis of the new LJ Terms of Service, over on Dreamwidth as usual.  Those of you only reading me here didn't see it, because (as I found out the hard way) crossposting from DW to LJ is now blocked until and unless you *accept* ( Read more... )

Curious: I just noticed that LJ no longer seems to be keeping syndicated posts for more than two weeks.  Or they deleted everything before December 14th; it'll be a while to figure out which...

I suspect that many of my friends have heard about this by now, but for those who haven't ( Read more... )

Thanks to tpau for pointing out the layoffs at LiveJournal. If this article is to be believed, it's probably not the end of the world -- everybody's laying off right now, and I can't say I'm entirely astonished that LJ is consolidating. But it's a good reminder that backing up one's journal is a good idea, just in case ( Read more... )

Technical question for those who know LJ better than I: is there an appropriate way for outside programs to get at your communities? There are well-established pages for fetching flists and interests, but I'm not finding anything comparable for communities. This is stuff I'd like to pull into CommYou -- you should be able to hold a conversation " ( Read more... )

Since I suspect most people don't read lj_releases, a brief PSA:

LJ has added a new feature, called FRNK Radio. It's essentially a constant audio webcast, made up of the most recent public voiceposts made to LJ. (Presumably a random selection of them.) Kind of interesting, although I'm not sure it's something I would choose to listen to. Regardless, ( Read more... )