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scifantasy ([info]scifantasy) wrote in [info]fandom_lounge,
@ 2007-12-02 22:15:00
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Current mood: amused
Current music:Livejournal Shanty - Michelle Dockrey - Downloaded

Our New Corporate Overlords, or So, Sup?
Six Apart no longer owns LiveJournal.

Just when you thought things couldn't get more interesting...


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[info]sticks
2007-12-03 03:26 am UTC (link)
I'm hoping for a) a strong fandom voice on that advisory board or b) amazing inter-fandom wankery jockeying to get someone elected to that advisory board. Whoever wins, we... had better kick back with a bag of popcorn?

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[info]iwanttobeasleep
2007-12-03 03:27 am UTC (link)
"We have a tremendous respect for the LiveJournal community, and are pleased to see that LiveJournal, Inc. will continue to build on LiveJournal's rich user experience."

Good to see encouraging wank and porn is now corporate policy.

. . .Well, of non-sex related companies.

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[info]dhaunea
2007-12-03 03:31 am UTC (link)
I like this comment: Do you really think we're so dull as to not notice that this is nearly the same letter released when Six Apart bought lj in the first place?

Really. With the golden opportunity to panic, why would anyone stop to consider any of it rationally?

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[info]krazycat
2007-12-03 08:49 am UTC (link)
Almost every single press release about an acquisition ever are nearly the same.

I read them for a living. My life - so dull.

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[info]dhaunea
2007-12-03 03:40 am UTC (link)
Also, and FTW - at least some people are keeping their sense of proportion!

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[info]rosehiptea
2007-12-03 03:47 am UTC (link)
I AM SO UPSET ABOUT [RECENT CHANGE TO PROTECT LJ's ass HERE]
I WILL TAKE MY [INSERT ANNOYING FANDOM OR GROUP HERE] TO [INSERT HALF ASSED ALTERNATIVE HERE].

OK, I shouldn't laugh, but I did.

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 04:03 am UTC (link)
Curious: So just how is SUP's record on business practices and customer relations? In some ways, looking at their 100 days plan and the new lj_policy comm, they're giving those with misgivings on the abuse policies, various content policies, etc, what they want, and promising asked-for new featurs.

But just what do Russian users think of SUP?

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[info]sticks
2007-12-03 04:08 am UTC (link)
Dislike? I don't speak Russian, but this says "Considering SUP has been crap for the Russian users, I don't think this is really bothering them."

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 04:15 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I had seen some dissatisfaction about their policies, but I wasn't sure whether this is just the griping of a few, or a general expression of disatissfaction.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-03 04:50 am UTC (link)
here you go:
http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1071

http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/10/21/russia-the-second-blog-war/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/27/AR2007102701384_pf.html

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 05:03 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the info. My, this sounds rather ominous.

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 05:47 am UTC (link)
http://community.livejournal.com/no_lj_ads/tag/sup

Samples of some complaints about SUP.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-03 04:50 pm UTC (link)
LOL you got that up before I could! Thanks.

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[info]sticks
2007-12-03 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Browsing a bit, I'm getting marginally more concerned about the fact that SUP's owner is BFF with Putin? Oh noes, my pro-democracy sentiment!

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[info]quartz
2007-12-04 04:44 am UTC (link)
I can't remember where I read it, but somewhere in the LJ news post comments someone was speculating about what happens if the servers get moved to Russia and at that point would they, and therefore all of LJ, fall under Russian laws? Taking that possibility and pairing it with the fact that the owner of SUP is BFF of now-Emperor For Life Putin makes me very worried. The moment SUP releases a new TOS I'm going over it with a fine toothed comb, then coming back here to JF and paying for another year.

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[info]sticks
2007-12-04 04:53 am UTC (link)
I honestly don't think LJ would survive a move to Russian servers -- sounds like a recipe for mass riots to me. But still... I ProQuest'd Alexander Mamut in a fit of boredom and, man, this guy is one of the closest supporters of the Yeltsin and Putin governments? One of the most powerful men in Russia? Even if the servers never move, do I want to dole out $23 a month (RP accounts, sob) to a Russian company that's buddy-buddy with I-will-make-myself-PM-next Putin? And will mother Russia turn against shirtless Putin icons?

I concluded that I probably contribute to the Russian economy somehow else anyway/my indecision meant I'll keep doing what I've been doing. But it does make me wish I paid more attention in classes.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-03 04:11 am UTC (link)
I remember the uproar when SUP tried to take anyone using cryllic to post. The russian users were not pleased and I don't think SUP was much better than 6A.

Still I've bailed from LJ so I've got my popcorn.

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 04:13 am UTC (link)
I've got my own blog, but most of my friends are still on LJ. So I'm hoping, given that SUP isn't better, that it isn't worse, or I'll have to follow them all to new services.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-03 04:46 am UTC (link)
I feel your pain, I'm in the same boat.

Still, I have a pied a terre in all the other services already so its not as bad as completely starting from scratch.

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[info]camilla
2007-12-03 07:54 am UTC (link)
It took me and I've never posted in Cyrillic. Actually, it's been taking me for over half a year.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-03 04:51 pm UTC (link)
Are you in E. Europe? I was under the impression they were limited to certain areas.

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[info]camilla
2007-12-03 11:28 pm UTC (link)
I'm in Japan, so I really don't get it.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2007-12-04 12:16 am UTC (link)
Bizarre, unless your isp is a distant subdivision of a russian owned set of ips.

@.@

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[info]camilla
2007-12-04 01:27 am UTC (link)
I think it's my account they have, since I get that when I log in at home, and when I log in from work, and the university has its own servers.

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[info]crysiana
2007-12-03 04:54 am UTC (link)
Well, I won't say that Wired is the most objective publication in the world, but they've essentially said that SUP might be backed by people who want to destroy a haven of free speech for Russian users.

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[info]charmian
2007-12-03 04:59 am UTC (link)
Brad, who will be serving on the new LJ advisory board, speaks.

http://brad.livejournal.com/2351564.html

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[info]altera
2007-12-03 05:02 am UTC (link)
*commences "ooooh"ing and "aaaahhh"ing*

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[info]luckdragonfujur
2007-12-03 05:10 am UTC (link)
I'm still awed at how I learn about LJ stuff in JF first every time. o.o

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[info]eilisliana
2007-12-03 05:26 am UTC (link)
Me too, but I don't read LJ's news feed.. so yeah.

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[info]mistal
2007-12-03 05:37 am UTC (link)
Im in the same boat.

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[info]leto
2007-12-03 12:11 pm UTC (link)
I saw the post on my flist and headed here. JF is the time saving filter the the posts, the info, and the wank. Saves me so much time.

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[info]kaen
2007-12-03 05:21 am UTC (link)
I think my priorities are screwed up, since my main reaction to that post was to make a nasty face at their "completely new, simplified site design and navigation system" bullet.

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[info]sashenka
2007-12-03 06:18 am UTC (link)
Oh, LiveJournal, what will you wank about next? I hope random and obvious pro-Putin ads start showing up all over the site.

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[info]electricwitch
2007-12-03 12:57 pm UTC (link)
I kind of hope that too, in a non-serious anti-propaganda kind of way...

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[info]sorchar
2007-12-03 08:48 am UTC (link)
Well, now I can re-up my paid account.

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[info]squeekirie
2007-12-05 09:52 am UTC (link)
In Soviet Russia-

No. Just too easy >_>

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