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

[mount_oregano]

I read the new terms of service for LiveJournal, and the no politics and no gay stuff only applies to Russian accounts. Someone with a US account can say whatever they want. I'm keeping my LiveJournal account -- but I also opened a Dreamdwidth account.

It's a creepy policy, though, and it doesn't make me feel better that Russians are trying to influence our politics and government. Or that United States ISPs may soon be able to block or slow down whatever they want. I'm not sure there's a safe harbor.

I, too, feel sad.

[wyld_dandelyon]

I don't believe they will only apply their rules to Russian accounts. And I certainly don't want to be paying to support those policies even if they only apply to Russians.