Changing Things

[wyld_dandelyon]

It's time to officially close my Live Journal. Everything is backed up to DreamWidth (though I don't think that backup made actual copies of the photos hosted on LJ).

LJ hasn't been what it used to be since a Russian company bought it, and their most recent terms of service are horrible (I'm liable to lose the account if they notice me talking about politics or queer issues, for instance, even if I were to keep a paid account).

It's not the same place any more by any metric I know of, even if it does still have the same address.

And I do definitely like it here.

But still, even thinking about it makes me feel sad.

Feelings are not always logical.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

*hug*

I know how you feel... LJ was my first online journal. I met so many friends through it, and I had one of the last permanent accounts they sold.

But it wasn't the same any more. Some of those friends had their accounts suspended or locked for what they posted.

[pyraxis]

Can I ask how mild of stuff they're cracking down on now? I have a very small circle of people there that I've been keeping up with and not much visibility into the concrete effects of their policy changes.

[wyld_dandelyon]

I have no idea if they're cracking down yet at all, or on who. But I no longer trust that LJ is a safe place to keep stuff (meaning, I fear it may vanish). I also don't want the attention of Putin's minions, and I don't think anything survives for long in public in today's Russia if it isn't cooperating with Putin.

[wyld_dandelyon]

Yeah. *hugs* back