I will fight for my home. And LJ. IS. MY. BLOODY. HOME!!!!

[kseenaa]

For those of you who don't already know, there has been a strike scheduled for Friday, March 21st, 2008, during which we hope to have many members of LiveJournal provide LJ with absolutely no content for twenty-four hours. This means no posting and no commenting. If you post elsewhere and have it set up to be posted through a feed on LiveJournal, don't do it. Stay away from LiveJournal for twenty-four hours. That can't be too hard, can it? I know some of you are probably quite active on LiveJournal and will find it hard to stay away for an entire day, just as I will, but this is something that needs to be done, to show the people running LiveJournal that we're watching the changes they are making, that we're paying attention, that we're discontent, and that we want to be heard and taken in to consideration. We are not simply users who can be tossed to the side and ignored. We are the people who make up LiveJournal. Without us, without the content we create, without our words, our voices, our creativity, our participation, there would be no LiveJournal. This is a fact, and it needs to be realized and understood and then taken in to consideration when making decisions regarding the way that LiveJournal is run. The strike is only a few days away, so there isn't all too much time to prepare. While this is unfortunate, it isn't enough to keep this strike from taking place. It will take place, the second it is meant to, and it would be best to have as many people take part as possible. Please, spread the word. Spread it fast. There are only a few days to organize this. If you find that you care about LiveJournal or care about the people you interact with on LiveJournal or simply want it to remain a place where you can entertain yourself without constant censorship and money-hungry practices being thrown in without the consideration of those who use the service, act now. If you don't wish to spread the word, that is fine, but please: refrain from using LiveJournal on Friday, March 21st. Do something else for a change. It's for a good cause. (:

For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html

To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html

What's this about?

* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves. (That they have actually solved. They do listen!)

-Taken from the journal of m03m

AND ICONS TO SUPPORT THIS:


Taken from HERE. SPREAD THE WORD!!!! Not many days left

Comments

[faeriquene.livejournal.com]

I'm in.

Not that I post that much lately anyway. :-)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Well, everything helps, I think. :-) I don't post everyday either, but I do comment everyday, so I'll just not do that either. :-)

[zelha.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Snagging your banner and linking this post to my own LJ!

I hope you don't mind. ;D

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Is not my banner, but you can find a copy-paste-text-thingy from HERE (http://community.livejournal.com/lecollage/36317.html) where I originally found it. :-) AND DO SPREAD IT! :-D

[croaky.livejournal.com]

I still think this is a bit like making a bird out of a feather, even if I agree that LJ sure has acted in ways that could warrant people speaking up against it etc.

Otherwise and in random thought.... isn't the word "strike" a bit odd though. I mean, we don't work at LJ. We're the consumers? It's a bit confusing. Also, wouldn't spamming their bandwidth or inbox with requests etc whatever be more effective than trying to give them a day with low bandwidth/space....? (sorry, just random thought, I don't mean to jump this at you personally or anything ^^;/)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Thing is, it is just not the free accounts thing. (Even if that stinks in and off itself.... Made free account just to try it the other night, mistressching. It looks awful.) It is the fact they didn't even tell us at all. We had to find out for ourselfs. And it is the beacon thing to. You can read more about that HERE (http://mercurychaos.insanejournal.com/313049.html). That... is a bit more worriesome. And another reason why I am joining this... strike or whatever you wanna call it. But the biggest thing is the feeling that the LJ-staff thinks they can do whatever changes they want, without it having an impact on the users. It has. And I think it is a bit shitty not telling us about it when they do some mayor changes. No content = no LJ. They should remember that.