The Great LiveJournal Buyout of 2007
On December 3, 2007, Interweb 2.0 moguls SixApart announced that they had sold their popular blogging site, LiveJournal, to a Bolshevik media company called SUP Fabrik.
It begins...
Half of LiveJournal's users have freaked out due to fear of the gulag, while the other half have proclaimed that Russian laws would grant them all the free shota and music they wanted. Of course, since the servers will be staying in San Francisco, and the same people will be running things, nothing at all will actually change -- but LJ users aren't going to let a little thing like facts stop them from going into full drama mode.
User 
jayspec swung right into the fray with a totally reasonable list of concerns:
—jayspec, who knows because of his geopolitical learnings | ||
The Advisory Board
Knowing that most of the plebes would be placated if "one of their own" were part of the new regime, SUP in their finite wisdom has set up an "Advisory Board," otherwise known as I could do a better job than them.
—SUP | ||
By taking a page from TOW, SUP is only going to replicate TOW-style admin drama on a scale that would make Jimbo piss himself. Few will object to the appointment of LJ founder Brad, but even fewer will be able to agree on any possible candidate for the other adviser position.
Moar totally rational thoughts
See Also
- The Great Livejournal Strikethrough of 2007
- Russia
- The Russian LJ Abuse Conspiracy (THEY WARNED US!! WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!!)
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