more people seem to be moving from LJ to Dreamwidth

[redbird]

So, first: if you're on my LJ friendslist and are moving to DW, please let me know your username(s) so I can update my subscription and filters.

Second: The moves seem to be due to concern about the LJ servers being moved to Russia, and some Russian and/or pro-Ukrainian journals being deleted. (Googling also got me a Tweet from months ago saying the servers were being moved then, and warning about possible security risks.)

I found a bit about this in comments on a dw_maintenance post about now-resolved server problems; some of that is in Russian, and some of the rest links to failfandom-anon, so take it for what it's worth. (The connection is that migrating journals from LJ to DW was putting a significant load on the server.)

Comments

[necturus]

So, LJ is moving its servers to Russia? I've a vague recollection that there is a Russian law requiring social media companies that accept Russian users to maintain their servers in Russia.

I'm not sure which government I trust less: the Putin administration or the Trump administration.

[redbird]

I'm not sure which I'd trust less either; I am surer of Putin's hostility, but he's also further away.

[conuly]

Russia already moved its servers to Russia, and right away at least 100 journals were... deleted? Not sure.

[conuly]

D'oh, of course it's LJ that moved, not Russia :)

[tim]

I'm not sure which government I trust less: the Putin administration or the Trump administration.

They're like cougars and mountain lions.

[redbird]

Though more dangerous and less endangered than the catamount.

[choirwoman]

I'm pariyal on LJ. That is, I was, because I've migrated everything here. I post hardly anything, though; my usual blogging is at http://valdyas.org/fo3.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

I post on DW, but everything is mirrored to LJ. I still consider LJ the primary repository.

[carbonel]

I have a DW account (same username), but still consider LJ my main home so far. But it's useful to be friended at the same level on LJ and DW so I can read comments on f-locked posts at DW.

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Just started a DW account under the same handle. I plan to crosspost, but want redundancy and options.