An Issue Of Freedom Of Speech

[poliphilo]

 Listen folks, this is not the time to quit LJ.

This article  explains what is going on.  LJ is the main platform for free speech in Russia, the hackers are trying to take it down. If we withdraw our custom we're doing exactly what the bad guys want.

Hang on in there. 

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Totally. The attacks make me feel all patriotic and defensive about my beloved LJ. Hanging on in here is political defiance! Also, rebellion against the tyranny of Twitter.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Not that I'm posting a lot at the moment, but this isn't the time to up sticks and leave.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

Solidarity, Comrades! I'm hoping we are helping to support democracy.

[chiller.livejournal.com]

Yes. This.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I must admit i was getting quite frustrated and almost considered moving to another blog site but i love LJ too much to really walk away. I hope that we now have uninterupted blogging.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I was saying much the same thing at much the same time - but I've gone back and edited in your link. Thanks for that.

I wonder why it hasn't received press coverage in this country - it seems like a real story.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

I quasi-agree with you but this is the 2nd time. A blog site is for blogging not for spending hours trying to log on. I'd miss the regulars here but ponder on whether it is worth staying. I have private posts what if these are hacked?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. LJ is special. We need to defend it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We must stand firm.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Non passeran!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's been annoying. I wrote a piece yesterday and had to wait till this morning to post it, but that's a small inconvenience considering what's at stake.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

LJ seems to fly below the radar of the western media- which is a shame.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The answer is to use other sites as back-up, I suppose. Dreamwidth for instance.

Is there any site that's entirely safe from hacking?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They shall not pass!

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Thank you Tony!

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

The other issue is readership, some days I am lucky to get half a dozen. You have a point in that once it is posted it is "out there". Checked on my March 09 posts and there are still getting hits...from China...

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I find it bizarre to contemplate that the political upheaval in another country has a direct effect on whether I can afford to send my daughter to summer camp another week. :,

Nevertheless, it is plain to me that Dreamwidth isn't ready for the traffic LJ is accustomed to fielding, and I am not fond of platforms without threaded comments (as describes most blogging sites), so... here I remain.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the explanation. I've been periodically exporting to Dreamwidth and I'm also crossposting from there right now. But I won't abandon LJ now that I understand what's behind all this.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

One of the complaints I've seen have been that this sort of thing only started to happen once LJ was sold to a Russian company. Some folks still harbor bad feelings from that, and they feel this sort of thing just confirms their fears that the platform is going down as a result of the sale. Whatever loyalty they felt to LJ had been fading since then.

My tie to LJ is the interesting blogs that are still active here, like yours. I started blogging in my own domain when they originally had allowed sharing to other social networks even from protected posts; I was tired of privacy changes without my consent and decided to move to a blogging platform that was entirely under my own control. The sale to the Russian company left me feeling a bit uneasy, too, so I carefully backed up my LJ a long time ago. Once the LJs that interest me are gone, I will be, too.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

LJ has been on the decline for several years now- but not in Russia apparently.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I love LJ. I really don't want it to fail.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

It is the main conduit for opposition, hence the hacking.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Everything connects to everything else- that's what the Web is` all about, I guess.

LJ is special- not as popular as it once was (in the West anyway)- but special. I don't have a presence anywhere else. If LJ were to go down, I'd go down with it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Good. We don't know who the hackers are, but it's enough for me that they're trying to curb free speech; that makes them "the enemy".

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

LJ was big in Russia before it passed into Russian hands. I suspect we'd be having this trouble even if the owners were still American. I like LJ for its unique blend of blogging and social networking. I don't use Facebook or Twitter; they just don't offer me anything I want.