Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

[haldoor]

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

"LiveJournal isn’t just a social network. It’s also a platform for organizing civic action. Dozens of network projects and groups mobilize people to solve specific problems — from defending the rights of political prisoners to saving endangered historic architecture in Moscow."

So while I know many are considering the move over to Dreamwidth and other such sites, supporting LJ is a way we can help support those who use it for more than a writing/roleplaying/social venue.


Also, as a FYI, LJ is giving paid users effected by the outage two weeks of paid time as compensation.

Comments

[eponine119.livejournal.com]

I was super annoyed by the LJ outage but even then I did know it was probably due to the political stuff, which is more important and kind of amazing.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was getting fed up too, but when you put things into perspective, our 'fun' here is not nearly as annoying as the people who depend on it for free speech and get their tongues effectively cut out by it's outage.