Short notice but: LJ protest

[matrixrefugee]

As of tonight, 6 pm EST (Midnight GMT, I will *NOT* be posting anything to this journal for twenty-four hours -- not a post, not a voice post, not a comment -- in protest against the recent changes in LJ policy, including:

--Disallowing new Basic (free, ad-free) accounts

--Censoring certain hot-button-topic interests

--Creating the lovely "Beacon" spyware that scans your interests and your posts to see that there isn't any hot-button stuff in them as well as following you around the 'Net to make sure you don't log onto any hot-button sites.

The last one is the deal-breaker for me.

I hope to God this gets us the results we need. Join me, folks: we have to show the wonks running this site what *really* makes this site a success.

Comments

[ladyneferankh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean, I heard LJ had "apologized" somewhat, but I still say we should go through with the strike!

All those things--basic accounts, censoring interests , and "spying" on their (often loyal) users--what kind of a site is this?

P.S.
Any thoughts about having some kind of "rallying chat" off LJ for this?

[crowdog66.livejournal.com]

The InsaneJournal community

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/picket_line/

was created to help support people during the LiveJournal content strike. Hope to see you all there.