LiveJournal sold to Russian Company SUP Fabrik

[cold_starlight]

I will not repeat the news, as I am sure everybody already knows it. I want to say, however, that in Russian segment of LJ (which is second biggest after English) there is a strong opinion that the deal was planned to come through exactly after the parliamentary elections in Russia, so all the Russian blogosphere would discuss the fact of sale of

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Will we see ads?

[tallblue]

One of my concerns is on topic here, is the ads and advertising that will or will not increase with SUP buying live journal? It is said that paid users see ads on the Russian side of LJ, is that still happening there and will it happen here?

[carfagen]

a lot of Russian LJ users all over the world are already talking of leaving LJ alltogether, as they are afraid about their privacy

Yea... I hear the same voices, and it's a pity.
But, you know, there is also a good part of this story: we - ex-Soviet citizens, Russian speaking citizens of the whole world - we have learnt the principals of privacy and the respect to it. This IS an achivement, isn't it?