LiveJournal sold to Russian Company SUP Fabrik

[cold_starlight]

I will not repeat the news, as I am sure everybody already knows it. I want to say, however, that in Russian segment of LJ (which is second biggest after English) there is a strong opinion that the deal was planned to come through exactly after the parliamentary elections in Russia, so all the Russian blogosphere would discuss the fact of sale of

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[krace]

no they're not. jemmix conveniently omitted a couple of important factors (to me, anyway).
nevermind Jews, KGB and Russia-hating bull that jemmix peddles as the only reasons: SUP folks have been observed to actively push for content monetization, or whatever this trick with actively bringing ads, premium gimmicks and vanity shit is called. here's what a buddy of mine had to say about it (in Russian) just recently: "checked out the frontpage of livejournal.ru and couldn't help but notice that it's no different from just another of your generic net tabloids". note the word tabloid here. can't speak for the entire Russian-speaking audience (and don't think a lot of English-speaking folks will have the same opinion on that matter), but for a substantial part of Russian audience LJ has become a de-facto place for more "serious" interactions, not just "diary diarrhea", social chatter and celeb gossip. if things that have been happening in "Russian sector" are any indication, our subscription is about to get switched from Harper's Mag or The New Yorker to Daily News or, worse yet, to Soap Opera Weekly.