In which I quit LiveJournal
OK, I know I've threatened to do this before, but this time I am actually going through with it. Seriously.
I don't know that I much care about the recent actions that SUP, the new owners of LJ, have taken. But I'm somewhat disturbed by what seems to be their general attitude towards their customers, and more disturbingly, with the fact that this company is no longer located in the United States of America and therefore not bound by US law.
I also happen to run my own web server, and free blogging software has gotten quite good in the last few years. Upshot: this is my new blog.
I'll still be keeping my LJ account so I can see friends-only posts, and so that I can reply to people's posts, but I do encourage you all to join me in not just complaining about LiveJournal's new owners, but actually doing something about it. I'll be happy to provide anyone who wants with free advice about how to migrate your posts and how to set up your own blog under your own control on your own server.
I don't know that I much care about the recent actions that SUP, the new owners of LJ, have taken. But I'm somewhat disturbed by what seems to be their general attitude towards their customers, and more disturbingly, with the fact that this company is no longer located in the United States of America and therefore not bound by US law.
I also happen to run my own web server, and free blogging software has gotten quite good in the last few years. Upshot: this is my new blog.
I'll still be keeping my LJ account so I can see friends-only posts, and so that I can reply to people's posts, but I do encourage you all to join me in not just complaining about LiveJournal's new owners, but actually doing something about it. I'll be happy to provide anyone who wants with free advice about how to migrate your posts and how to set up your own blog under your own control on your own server.