Post on LJ, destroy Ukraine

[frandroid]

« What's the biggest example of the domino meme in my life? I'm gonna have to go with "I got bored on the sleepy overnight shift at the data center -> Russia invaded Ukraine". »


This is an epic thread by denise about how she came to be involved with LiveJournal and how the creation of DW came about, with some bad stuff happening along the way.

(this is a post where this icon fits very well)

Comments

[katuah]

I was around for the LJ-being-sold-off-and-sold-again-to-the-Russians debacle - like, not working for them, but participating on LJ and watching the rise of Russian LJ'ers, the decline of services, and finally freaking and heading here. I knew it sucked, but I didn't know how badly it sucked for the Russians! That's terrible.

[frandroid]

Yeah, I didn't know about the deanonymization stuff and consequences. I created an account here early but I think I stop syncing and closed my LJ account around the time of the homophobic TOS changes.

[katuah]

I migrated everything and then stopped posting on LJ, but I didnt cancel my account because, well, it is the only place where I can still go back and read journals from some friends who died.

[frenzy]

The homophobic TOS was also the reason why I finally closed up my lj.

(i did actually agree to the TOS so I could get my shit and leave, but i still feel bad that I did that)