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Russian Roulette
Here is the newest news in moronic-SUP/LJ-logic. And, here is another little tid-bit for you. I'll post the highlights below:

From LJ user vakkotaur:
'I neither read nor speak Russian. I have only reworded two paragraphs from a Babelfish translation that stood out for me:

In this situation, where they attempt to blackmail and to intimidate us, threatening to destroy our business, there is a business-reason not to reward this behavior. This is not the simple reaction of being more resistant the more pressure is applied. The fact is that through history no successful enterprise runs by being subjugated by unfriendly forces. No change, even the most correct one, will not experience some resistance.

It would probably be best to reconsider the recent changes. But from our point of view it is now necessary to wait until after the boycott has faded. Let it pass and have the voices of protest fade. Then we can consider changing this policy.

It does explain why there has been no news. They expect their "problem" will go away if they ignore it.'

So... yeah. Apparently, we are 'blackmailing' them by complaining about the (lack of) service we are paying for. Nice. There is, of course, also this explanation, which basically states that they are intentionally trying to run LJ into the ground, because we are 'too organized', and 'a threat to [their] government'. That's the opinion of a long-time Russian user, by the way, not an irate American conspiracy theorist.

SUP, I guess you just don't understand. I know that, over there, LiveJournal is the internet. It is the blogosphere. But here, there are many sites to choose from, and if we don't like any of those either, hell, we'll make our own.

This will be my last post on LJ. I don't play board games and I am not about to play a virtual one. For those who've decided to stay, I would highly advise backing up your journal off-site, just in case. Call me paranoid, but I think not doing so is a bit like playing Russian roulette.