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For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39483
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39531
To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39512
What's this about?
* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.
-Taken from the journal ofm03m
On a personal note I'll be joining this strike. Granted, it'll suck going a day without LJ. I think wha I'll hate the most is missing making my daily ficlet post at P&P. I do hate going back on a commitment and I was so determined not to mess that up but this strike thing... Well, at least I'll be updating on fanfiction.net still like every other day this month.
I supported Wisegate, which I'm sure no one on my flist probably even knows about, but it's supporting the thing that matters. I'm not usually one to protest a cause but I am going to do this. I think that they're decision about hiding certain interests is crap. I love LJ because the format allows me to have all of my fic in one place. I realize that fic is illegal and that we're allowed to do it only by the grace of the blind eye, but don't change that now. It's been working out great for you so far.
pianoplayer2010's post For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39483
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39531
To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/39512
What's this about?
* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.
-Taken from the journal of
m03mOn a personal note I'll be joining this strike. Granted, it'll suck going a day without LJ. I think wha I'll hate the most is missing making my daily ficlet post at P&P. I do hate going back on a commitment and I was so determined not to mess that up but this strike thing... Well, at least I'll be updating on fanfiction.net still like every other day this month.
I supported Wisegate, which I'm sure no one on my flist probably even knows about, but it's supporting the thing that matters. I'm not usually one to protest a cause but I am going to do this. I think that they're decision about hiding certain interests is crap. I love LJ because the format allows me to have all of my fic in one place. I realize that fic is illegal and that we're allowed to do it only by the grace of the blind eye, but don't change that now. It's been working out great for you so far.
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