diaspora is almost ready

[ekmisao]

http://www.joindiaspora.com/2010/08/26/overdue-update.html

It may be of some interest to the people here that Diaspora, the anti-Facebook (in much the same vein that DW is an LJ fork), will open for open-source developer release by September 15 and may open for alpha testing by around October.

There is a link at the bottom of the page to a mailing list for invites.

More information here: http://www.joindiaspora.com/project.html and http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html

My No Longer In Service Post

[jhumor]

I just put this in my Journal - after removing everything from LJ (since I still have a paid account, I'm leaving it up there... possibly forever)  I'm thinking of putting it on all my muses pages as well, but feel free to copy/paste (please comment here if you do):

This Journal is no longer in service due to Livejournal's use of me as a "commodity" and the following:

• -blatant disregard for livejournal's own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy...

• disregard that ALL public AND friend-locked entries currently allow for cross-posting to twitter/Facebook...  "Once we implement this change, it will no longer be possible to cross-post screened comments or comments left on Friends Only entries. "  (IE: not NOW!)
  
   
• -"Share This" link now shares whole posts with over 50 various 'social networking sites'... rather than just sending one email with link.
  
   
• -refusing to do anything for "a couple weeks"... When they know this is a serious security/privacy 'bug'
  
   
• -lack of allowing me to "opt out" of all other forms of "journal promotion" but not these...
  
   
• -Staff are allowed to Troll the News site and be verbally abusive to its userbase... And then deleted everything to cover their tracks.

All right. Where did you people hide them?

[winneganfake]

OK, folks, I must be seeing something wrong here, as this is the internet, and well, people tend to like these things.

Regular interest searching isn't showing me much in the way of highly active art communities, nor any really active steampunk communities (like steamfashion ) . And while I'd love to share a good chunk of my work to such places, they definitely need to exist first.

So come on folks, where are they hiding out at?

(And before anyone starts in with the "why don't you make one?" commentary, well, I'd love to, but I know my own limits- I don't have enough time to actively moderate or maintain such a beast. Not if I want to keep having time for making pretty things to post to such communities in the  first place.)

(no subject)

[gandhicrushkill]

What the hell. I made it.

deeprange_radio

Once (if) it gets more members, I'll start posting themes. Until then, share & enjoy.

Crafting / creative / fiction

[badbookworm]

Has anyone come across any good communities for crafting or promoting fiction? Or please suggest any creative-type communities you think I'd find awesome. Thanks!

Why LJ staff members are active threats to LJ users.

[reddragdiva]

Here is a handy reference post, which I'm keeping updated, detailing just what happened and the evidence. (Need screen captures too.) Written to be linked, do feel free to spread it around.

They've kept on staff someone who used database access to stalk people on locked LJ posts. Locked LJ posts appear to be regarded as a perk of the job. It's like LJ Drama took the place over.

I keep seeing people claim it's all the evil Russians, that the US staff are decent folk. But the evidence suggests that anyone who's still working for LJ in the US should be default regarded as actively dangerous.

If you have friends still working for LJ, for God's sake find them a decent job.

I know the economy is hard and US employment law is as fucked up as the US health system. Ultimately, though, that's not enough of an excuse. Ask them what they really think of all this shit.

Rats ditch a sinking ship first

[burn1ngcha0s]

...and I'm just another one of those rats. *squeaks* Hope I'm not too late for the party.
I really did enjoy my stay at LJ but the latest happenings... You get the staffers barking and trolling in your face like nobody's business - what is this, kindergarten? So I bailed. It's still kinda odd to leave behind almost three years of my life's happenings I wrote about but it had to be done.
So I'm gonna poke around here and there, finding out more and enjoying myself. I see some of my friends moved here already, gonna pay them a visit :D