Shhhhhhh
I'm sure you all know what this is about. Info taken from quite a few people on my flist,
beren_writes,
lirren ,
kiwi_escapism,
paraboobizarre, to name a few.
WHY GO ON STRIKE?
* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.
For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html
HOW DO YOU PARTICIPATE:
Do not provide LJ with content for a full 24 hours. This means no posting and no commenting. If you post elsewhere and have it set up to be posted through a feed on LiveJournal, don't do it. Stay away from LiveJournal for twenty-four hours.
WHEN IS THE STRIKE?
On Friday, March 21st . If you live in the US then it will be from 8pm EST on Thursday to 8pm EST on Friday (yes, tomorrow and the day after). If you are confused about the time look up this table here to find out when the strike starts in your home country.
What the dude in charge of SUP blogging has to say :
http://darkrosetiger.livejournal.com/373663.html
I will be at my newly created Insane J. I've tried tracking down as many of you as I could if I've missed anyone, pls let me know. I will try to be on skype as well.