It works?
Yay, I'm glad LJ is functioning again.
It's also nice to see quite a few people commenting on lj_maintenance thanking them for not giving in to the DDoS attackers. Rumor has it the reason for the DDoS attacks is because over in Russia, LJ is really big for political activists (and even their President and some senators use LJ), and the attacks are attempts to silence certain political viewpoints. So while having the site down sucks, it's refreshing to see, amongst the complaints about the downtime, some people applauding LJ for not simply removing the "offending" users from the site. LJ has had its share of problems, and it hasn't exactly been a beacon for free speech (Strikethrough of '07, anyone?), so I'm really glad they're not giving in to the attackers and simply silencing certain voices. I'll take a few frustrating days of not being able to access the site for that.
Of course, it'd be nice if they'd actually tell their English-speaking users about stuff like this next time, so we don't have to rely on crudely translated reports from Russian LJ....
It's also nice to see quite a few people commenting on lj_maintenance thanking them for not giving in to the DDoS attackers. Rumor has it the reason for the DDoS attacks is because over in Russia, LJ is really big for political activists (and even their President and some senators use LJ), and the attacks are attempts to silence certain political viewpoints. So while having the site down sucks, it's refreshing to see, amongst the complaints about the downtime, some people applauding LJ for not simply removing the "offending" users from the site. LJ has had its share of problems, and it hasn't exactly been a beacon for free speech (Strikethrough of '07, anyone?), so I'm really glad they're not giving in to the attackers and simply silencing certain voices. I'll take a few frustrating days of not being able to access the site for that.
Of course, it'd be nice if they'd actually tell their English-speaking users about stuff like this next time, so we don't have to rely on crudely translated reports from Russian LJ....