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[vulgarweed]

sansa1970 is compiling a Directory of everyone's alternate blog IDs here, bless her.

Over on GJ, Viralstar is compiling a directory of Fandom Communities on GJ.

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[egyptian-moon.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, that second link is that same as the first one.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Fixed! Thanks! I guess I've been staring at this a little too long.

[egyptian-moon.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling a lot of people have been staring at all of this a long time.

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Looks like the Dominionist dorks own-goaled themselves: http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/831333.html

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Yup. And I can't believe how much respect I lost for LJ/Six Apart for falling for three right-wing dorks with a GoDaddy.com site.

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

So what is this GJ thing of which you speak? (Dreads having to rememeber Yet Another Password...)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

greatestjournal.com

Basically an LJ clone site, and the procedures are exactly the same. But! 1000 free icons! O.o

[megpie71.livejournal.com]

A couple of minor differences - the first is that it's wholly and solely advertising supported. So you can't avoid the ads on your journal. Neither can your readers.

I don't think I'll be moving off LJ just yet. For one thing, it lets those eejits think they've won. For a second, I'd be looking even harder at who their backers are - we may be just looking at a very well-researched bit of corporate sabotage. Yes, it's well timed, particularly when fandom is in the middle of a period of self-assertion regarding FL, as well as the pre-meltdown of the final Harry Potter book coming out, and any number of new sequels, prequels, and extra bits and pieces hitting the shelves for a lot of fandoms. Maybe it's just something I've learned from living in a particular political climate for so long, but I really want to know what I'm *not* supposed to be looking at in this case.

(I maintain that it isn't paranoia if they *are* out to get you.)