barakb25 is standing down. His replacement is
this guy: The opportunity to lead this icon of the Internet is both exciting and humbling. I am grateful to many people. To Barak Berkowitz, who brought me into the company and supported me as his successor when he resigned, and the board that has but their trust in me. To Ben and Mena Trott who had the
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It would, inevitably, have had a bunch of the more lunatic fen descending on it demanding policy changes, and a whole lot more rational comments asking how it'll affect LJ.
Ah well, their company.
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Probably not a lot.
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(hint: if you join the comm, your comments don't start screened, saving us effort...)
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So he's for free speech... does that mean he'll allow admitted pedophiles with no criminal record and no intention of criminal activity to have accounts on LJ? Or does he mean "free speech, except for perverts?"
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Either way, the implications are none too encouraging.
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Erm, sorry for the complete off-topic-ness of this comment.
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WHATtheFUCK planet is this dweeb living on?
Oh, yeah -- Planet Puppies-And-Rainbows Inc.
Coming soon: Chief Chrizzle-Dizzle And The Six-Aye Band's blockbuster debut CD, Keep On Bloggin' In The Free World™, and their World PepsiMAX™ Support-Our-Troops Tour T-shirt.
Yeah, and MAL-WART is going Green™!
No, really!
*sigh*
Nevvvermind.
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For a supposed 'pro blogger', he really can't write well for the web, maybe now he employs some usability specialists they could give him some pointers...
Idealists-they come in every flavour, even mine. They're always wrong as well.
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He does make more sense as a CEO than Barak, though, whom Mena admitted doesn't know anything about blogging.
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