On June 19, 2007, in the lj_biz community, Six Apart CEO Barak Berkowitz announced permanent accounts are going on sale as of June 21He apologizes 6A hasn't yet clarified the terms of service, and promises it will be done by today. If we are talking Pacific Time, they have less than two hours before the end of the business day. Or perhaps 6A will do the ( Read more... )

Who is the real enemy? It starts with a B.Most Americans are aware that, during the last two days, lawmen in several U.S. states have arrested dozens of registered sex offenders with MySpace accounts ( Read more... )

After reading an intelligent essay today on how fandom sets boundaries, I was briefly reassured something worthwhile was happening in spite of, or because of, the many recent essays on fanfiction, responsibility, and so on (see metafandom for links).

I found myself thinking, "I wish I felt good things were happening." And then I thought, wait, how do I feel ( Read more... )

EDIT: I was an idiot when I chose "results viewable to all." Please note this poll is not private, and people will be able to view your responses. You can comment anonymously, however, and give your responses that way. In addition, I will screen anonymous comments, so they will be viewable only to me.

This is an attempt to clear up mis- ( Read more... )

slashbluegreen may have found the Unidentified Financial Opportunity that a bunch of us suspected drove Six Apart's panic.

Moveable Type 4.0 is the first major release of Movable Type since MT 3.0 in 2004 and comes complete with a market disrupting announcement: SixApart will open source Movable Type before the end of the third quarter.It was announced June 5th ( Read more... )

I originally posted this as a comment to rahirah's essay "Why I give a shit."

A common question I heard May 30th was, "Why are there still so many people/comms with interests such as rape and incest if they were 'purged ( Read more... )

Sources added 5:26 a.m PDT, June 2nd, 2007.

In early April, the LiveJournal Abuse Team, which handles all customer complaints, began receiving communications from a group called Warriors For Innocence. The tiny group claimed LiveJournal was harboring pedophiles.

( Six Apart's hypocrisy runs deep. They took action to protect their IPO, not to protect children. )

05/31/2007 04:05 PM — In a move that surprised no one, Six Apart/LiveJournal announced earlier today that CEO Barak Berkowitz is leaving the company, effective immediately. A nine-year-old girl from Daly City, California, has replaced him ( Read more... )