LJ Content Strike

[lindentreeisle]

So I've been posting about the recent LJ drama, but I haven't mentioned that the guy who heads up SUP, which just bought out LJ, is kind of a cocksmith.

In a situation where people are trying to blackmail and intimidate us, threatening to destroy our business, there are business reasons not to reward this sort of behaviour. This isn't just the

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[greenwillow27]

I'm there...

[morningstar4]

Hmmm...okay, up until now, I really wasn't seeing the big deal that needed to be striked. I mean, I understand the annoyance of removing interests from the LJ stats and the whole basic accounts thing, but it seems to me like every time any little thing happens here that someone doesn't like, there's this huge (sometimes immature) revolt, and I just don't think it gets us very far.

But...seeing what the SUP guy had to say...yeah, that is rather cocktastic. :P

I do agree that they should inform their customers of things they're wanting to change and that they should even take our thoughts and opinions into consideration. So I will most likely refrain from posting tomorrow as well.