To My Friends

[poliphilo]

Don't give up on LJ.  Please.

Yes, the service is lousy at the moment but that's because it's under attack. LJ is liable to such attacks because it serves as a major platform for the anti-Putin opposition in Russia. Tell yourself you're suffering (if you can call it suffering) for someone else's freedom of speech and bear your discomforts with pride.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

Will stick with it if at all possible, but have opened a Dreamwith account as a backup in case it all goes pear shaped permanently.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, but I doubt that DW has the resources to sustain itself against an attack of the kind LJ is experiencing. If Mr Putin (or whovever) wanted to flatten DW I'm afraid he'd find it as easy as kicking down a sandcastle.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I guess we are all assuming that the Russian opposition wouldn't also transfer to Dreamwidth. Which may not be the case.