Oh, dear. Not again.

[mamadeb]

If you have a paid account, keep paying it. Or don't use non-payment as a reaction. Use it as a weapon. "If you continue with this, I will cease paying." Using it as a reaction doesn't help anything. Let the LJ PTB know that you're unhappy.

As for those moving - why? Do you really think that the other social interactive sites are immune? Do you really think that Warner Brothers/Scholastic won't contact GJ or IJ or whoever with the same demands? Do you really think those sites won't fold under threat of lawsuit, too? Because, seriously? That doesn't make sense.

(As for those who are saying, "Another weekend when the HP fen are distracted by a convention!" Find me a weekend this summer when that's not true. Oh, yeah. July 21. :) )

HP fen are being targeted because that's the most visible fandom in the world right now.

Do I support this? NOT AT ALL. Do I agree with their options? NOT AT ALL. Does what I have to say mean anything? Sadly, no. My permanent account has earned out.

I have backed up my fic journal. If LJ folds, mamadeb or mamadeb1963 will find where most people have gone and follow. But I've built up a network I love here, and I don't think I'll get it someplace else.

ETA: Thank you to the people who know the law and responded here.

Comments

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Do you really think the other social interactive sites are immune?

To being targeted by fringe groups like WfI (or even legitimate but confused groups)? Of course not.

To hysterically banning users in response to some complaints, while others of similar severity are told they don't need to change a thing? YES. Have a look at the Scribblit info over on twocorpses's LJ.

To deliberately and illegally cheating their users out of money (http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/240498.html?thread=11841906#t11841906) (yes, they *have* done that)? I don't want to do business with any company that employs bait-and-switch. I've *still* never done business with any of the telecoms that were the worst "slamming" offenders back before law enforcement cracked down on *that* abusive practice. Expecting a company I do business with not to commit fraud is not an unreasonable expectation.

And let's not forget, *we* were here first. SixApart knew what it was getting when they bought LJ. They had plenty of lead time, and they keep behaving like complete assholes anyway.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Wait'll they get big enough to need huge servers and full time staff, and perhaps corporate help. Things will change.

I'm not defending what LJ did. But I'm not giving away my money, either - I paid for a permanent account.