On the new cross-site linkage/privacy clusterfuck: Oh LJ, why so shortbus? (I have composed a song just for this occasion.)

On a lighter note, remember that thing I mentioned the other day? Yeah. Here you go.

there is lightning in this room
the inevitable m_m au

( we are in a state of flux )

Praise little nine-pound baby Jesus! More clarification!

Originally posted by soph at Regarding the recent news on user purging
If you've seen the recent LJ news post, please be aware that it was written from the wrong spec. While I ( ( Read more... )

Ladies, gentlemen, and gender neutral vocative nouns:

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking it's been a long time since LJ's last clusterfuck and that it's safe to go back in the water.

OH YE OF TOO MUCH FAITH.

To quote LJ itself:

Purging inactive accounts will take place...probably in late August. A journal is defined as inactive if it ( Read more... )

OH MY FUCKING GOD, PEOPLE.

Forget whatever the hell you may or may not think about Dumbledore being gay (to which I say verily: FOR THE WIN), there's something else (I think) we all need to be talking about right now.

TV Links has been shut down and someone has been arrested in connection with the site.

Let me say that again.

It has been shut ( Read more... )

I'm going to get back to work in a minute, I swear, but...

Okay. Over in the lj_biz post, there have been sporadic answers to comments by members of the LJ staff. LJ is not publicizing these answers, and righfully so, given how many of them manage to be ridiculous, insulting or frightening in some combination.

aura218 is keeping a master list of these ( Read more... )

To pick up from here...

LJ's made a statement with regards to this weekend's fireworks.

At first glance, this seems to be some progress. Even if we don't like them, hey, they are at least laying out the rules that they're going to enforce. That's good, right?

Except:- They say that they will not edit the TOS to include these clarifications. ( Read more... )

(Just ignore the man behind the curtain.)

After five days of radio silence, LJ speaks.

Read this. Read it, whatever 'side' you're on. Read it wellI advise you to look through the comments, too. There are plenty of well-thought out ones that bring up interesting questions. We'll have to see if those questions get answered ( Read more... )

Hey, kids. Before I crash for tonight, just wanted to make a little status of the Kat post ( Read more... )

Ninja post before I collapse into bed.

First, I've set up back up accounts over at both IJ and GJ. I am still 'walksbyherself' at both locations; I've also claimed Mary Anne and Aife's journal names at both places. What can I say? I'm thorough.

Also, as is traditional for these sort of things, I made a fanmix! Liner notes are here, working ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm going to be the princess of unproductive until I get this out of my system, so here goes everything.

As most of you already now, 666Apart/LJ (otp of FAIL) have deleted several fandom journals, including that of HP fan artist ponderosa121. (See that sexy bold text? That's what they're doing instead of strikethrough. Assholes.) Deleted with no ( Read more... )