Seriously, read this. Alternate translation.

Somehow I think SUP missed the fact that the largest non-Russian group on LJ is Americans. There are some fundamental differences in philosophy they are ignoring, or just can't wrap their heads around.

More commentary found on JournalFen, and InsaneJournal. Both of these communities are full of people that like digging up the dirt, so I recommend watching both of them if you are interested in the alleged attempt to get blackmail material on Brad by hiring a prostitute for him.

And yeah, the "protest" wasn't likely to be effective and I was basically ignoring it for that reason, but if it will really piss off SUP I'm for it. Don't expect me around LJ on Friday. (Maybe I'll actually make content that I won't mirror here and put it on my IJ and maybe JF accounts.)

No more basic free accounts after the 11th.

So if you have a free basic account don't change it to plus for any reason or you'll be stuck with ads cluttering up your layout. Or you'll have to pay to get rid of them.

And of course there's nothing saying they won't decide to give everyone an "account upgrade" and turn all basic accounts into "plus" accounts to plaster ads all over them.

Edit: According to a support volunteer here if your user ID is under 15136000 you can still convert back to the ad-free basic account. At least for now.

You might want to read this.

Cutting to the chase: Unless you opt out, all your public posts (in your journal and in communities) can be included in the Explore LJ feature.

Before you blow it off as "public is public" it might be good to consider that communities can't opt-out, only journals, so if you don't opt out you might bring a community that would prefer to stay out of the spotlight into it with your posts. I've chosen to be nice to the mods of communiites I'm part of and opted out so my posts can't be spotlighted and bring in trolls. Thankfully the majority of the communities I myself mod are all friends locked and therefore protected.

You might want to read this. I think I opted out the first time but I'll check to be sure.

With so many people from Fandom securing backup journals all over the place maybe it would be a good idea for me to mention where else I can be found.

I am Tephra at JournalFen, GreatestJournal, and InsaneJournal. Feel free to friend me at any or all of them if you think my sporadic ramblings are worth it. :)

Just what sort of stuff do I put in these journals? Well that's a bit of a question right now but here's how it breaks down at the moment:

LJ - My original, and still main, journal. This gets everything, though I'm more likely to link fannish stuff off to JF these days. Lately it's been shoes, knitting, and recipes but it does get life updates, memes/quizzes, and when my creative side isn't flaking out, artwork. Look for daily NaNoWriMo status reports in November.

IJ and GJ - I really don't know what is going to end up on these, my current thinking is that they'll be mirrors of my JF account, which I decided would get my fannish thoughts and creative works. Ultimately it will depend on the sorts of communities that develop on those sites. If one of them turns out to have an active knitting community, for example, then the odds are that my journal there will have knitting stuff.