In case you were wondering what was happening to LJ...
atiko posted some enlightening links:
http://varymydays.tumblr.com/post/8143622925/livejournal-ddos-attacks
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2063952,00.html
We often hear people talking about the freedom of expression and how it is limited in certain countries. Since we do not live in said countries, we might think that we have next to no influence regarding the matter.
Well, now we do.
I am just as annoyed by the outage as anyone else, but I feel this incident has greater things at stake than the ability of posting my own views of a Harry Potter movie. DDOS attacks in general are highly immoral, but I absolutely refuse to be driven away by a few bastards who are trying to ruin one of the few remaining areas of free debate a country has. And believe me, considering what's going on in Russia, I was highly surprised that LJ could afford such a luxury so far, given the way non-government opinions tend to be treated there.
I fully support Livejournal in this conflict, and I invite others to set personal matters aside and do the same.
http://varymydays.tumblr.com/post/8143622925/livejournal-ddos-attacks
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2063952,00.html
We often hear people talking about the freedom of expression and how it is limited in certain countries. Since we do not live in said countries, we might think that we have next to no influence regarding the matter.
Well, now we do.
I am just as annoyed by the outage as anyone else, but I feel this incident has greater things at stake than the ability of posting my own views of a Harry Potter movie. DDOS attacks in general are highly immoral, but I absolutely refuse to be driven away by a few bastards who are trying to ruin one of the few remaining areas of free debate a country has. And believe me, considering what's going on in Russia, I was highly surprised that LJ could afford such a luxury so far, given the way non-government opinions tend to be treated there.
I fully support Livejournal in this conflict, and I invite others to set personal matters aside and do the same.