New Livejournal terms of service
Apr. 12th, 2017 12:37 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
I'm not sure if you all have seen the new Live Journal terms of service, but in my mind, they seriously compromise the ability of this site to serve as a forum for our community: http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos-en.bml
In short, Livejournal users are now governed by Russian law, and risk having posts removed or accounts deleted if they don't comply with it. Among other things, "Political solicitation" is now banned, meaning no more talking about Aldermanic or state legislative races. Any discussion of LGBT rights will require the "adult content" label to avoid running afoul of the "Gay Propaganda" laws of the Russian Federation.
While moving will certainly be disruptive, in the long run, I think it is essential if this is going to remain a home of free discussion of issues pertinent to Davis Square. I welcome your thoughts on this.

In short, Livejournal users are now governed by Russian law, and risk having posts removed or accounts deleted if they don't comply with it. Among other things, "Political solicitation" is now banned, meaning no more talking about Aldermanic or state legislative races. Any discussion of LGBT rights will require the "adult content" label to avoid running afoul of the "Gay Propaganda" laws of the Russian Federation.
While moving will certainly be disruptive, in the long run, I think it is essential if this is going to remain a home of free discussion of issues pertinent to Davis Square. I welcome your thoughts on this.

no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 04:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 05:44 pm (UTC)Not to minimize the concerns, though. Another theory is that the new ToS is aimed mainly at political bloggers writing in Russian and other Eastern European languages. So, who knows.
(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 06:18 pm (UTC)P.S. I would favor getting everyone to post there rather than here, and having it crosspost to here, but I don't know if crossposting is supported for communities, so that may not be possible.
(no subject)
From:Come to Dreamwidth. We have pie.
Date: 2017-04-12 07:38 pm (UTC)Anyway, Dreamwidth is awesome. The site is accessible, unlike LJ. Comments load without Javascript so they load much faster. Comment length limits are longer. The site owners are great people, and have stated there will never be ads and they will never sell user's personal information. Support is responsive and friendly. You can import livejournal communities. They comply with US law, but they make take-down claimants go through all necessary hoops, instead of proactively assuming all takedowns are valid, making it much harder to harass DW users. The community is warm and welcoming. The diversity statement is a work of art and they live by it.
no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 08:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-12 08:52 pm (UTC)formal moderator note
Date: 2017-04-12 09:15 pm (UTC)There is unfortunately no way to cause automatic cross-posting (of either top posts or comments) from Dreamwidth to LiveJournal for a community, like one might do for a personal journal. The best we can do is enqueue another import or two, until people stop posting here and start posting exclusively over there.
I do not plan to remove any content that has already been posted here on LiveJournal, and I urge other members of this community to also leave their contributions intact if you leave here.
Re: formal moderator note
From:RE: formal moderator note
From:RE: formal moderator note
From:formal moderator note #2
Date: 2017-04-13 11:17 am (UTC)RSS
Date: 2017-04-13 01:30 pm (UTC)RE: RSS
From:Re: RE: RSS
From:Tech challenged
Date: 2017-04-14 02:06 am (UTC)Thanks!
RE: Tech challenged
From:RE: Tech challenged
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-14 04:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-14 01:10 pm (UTC)I do wish the Dreamwidth site wasn't so awful looking, however.
(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-14 05:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:no subject
Date: 2017-04-15 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-18 06:00 pm (UTC)