I will now go back to my normal, mostly inane, posting. I also will be aware the LJ could, and would, decide to make me PNG at any time because I'm not a "normal" demographic for the "community" that they want ( Read more... )

I present to you fan_investors - a community for fans with investments, or who wish to invest, in fan related or fandom enabling companies.

Membership is open, but *please* be sure to read the userinfo first.

Thank you.

OK. I'm fairly certain that Six Apart (6A) is preparing for either an IPO or an acquisition. This means potentially continuing crackdowns on various types of unpopular expression to look good for investors (either stockholders or publicly held corporation ( Read more... )

Investigative reporting, putting puzzle pieces together, here. ETA: updated version HERE

Now, if LJ tries to go IPO, how do those of us with cash get enough stock to make a difference??

ETA: if it waits a few months, I should be able to put $500 or more into it.

I want to go back to posting memes, adventures with my cat, craft project status, and the occasional political rant.

But I can't, yet. I don't feel right about it.

I don't really have a clear understanding of what I can expect from 6A/LJ anymore. I don't have any faith that these people won't attempt to exercise editorial control over my ( Read more... )

However, there are a few legal issues here that bug me:

1) If you suspect a crime is or has been committed, don't delete a journal, call the cops!!
2) If you accuse someone publicly of criminal behavior, but can't/don't/won't back it up with evidence and reporting it to the authorities, you could be committing libel and defamation3) Deleting ( Read more... )

Now, for a critique...
( For the sake of your F-List )

Apparently even Perverted Justice can't tell the difference between active child molesters and pedophiles who do not act on their urges ( Read more... )

Because LJ has "decided" that having interests that are "illegal" is somehow a solicitation to break the law, or is not the "kind" of "community" that they want to have, I will not be updating this journal with anything but posts about the deletions, bigotry, and judgemental crap that is involved.

Quotes from LJ CEO Berkowitz on CNet: "We did a ( Read more... )

In this thread in lj_releases, burr86 alleges:
Problem with a dropdown menu is that it doesn't let you choose multiple groups.

My jaw hit the deck. Now, I've had problems doing just that on LJ, but I always figured it was intended as a feature, not a designer incompetance.

You see, picking multiples in a drop-down list is enabled by this: - it's an option in ( Read more... )