Everything is fine, nothing is broken
Aug. 2nd, 2007 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
setraIn echo of the posts from the MN crew yesterday, I thought people should know that my households are all fine. There were flash flood warnings in south Fort Collins last night, but luckily we're north of the area that was worst effected. (and on high ground compared to the surrounding area). The storm did pass right over the store, rattling windows and all that jazz. It took Andrea an extra half hour to get to work and I closed the store somewhat early.
Anyway. I'm glad to hear that all my acquaintances in the Twin Cities seem to have come through the bridge catastrophe all right.
Hang in there everyone.
[ETA-Unrelated- This had to happen on my day off. Strikethrough has hit fandom again. I know I'm the only one in my immediate (read: RL) friends circle who is actually into "fandom" in the way I am, but this has an effect on us all in the end. My fandom circles are exploding overponderosa121 getting banned. (Y'all DON'T want to see the pic she got banned for, it's HP and that's all I'm saying. DON'T read all the comments either, as it crops up there too). But this scared me enough that I made a GreatestJournal (it's also setra), and I'm looking into backing up my journal.
They aren't just banning one journal here. They're eliminating ENTIRE users. All journals and all possible new ones. Forever. And there isn't an appeal system in place that I've yet heard anything about.
Do you get a refund of your paid time? *grumbles*
See, I grew up in a house and an area where the internet has been normal to me since the age of 11 and I was aware of roleplaying in MOOs and MUSHs and TrekMuse before I was out of middle school. I've been laughing at the 'OMG the internets will hurt children!' attitude since I /was/ a 'children'. I remember telling my grandmother - firmly - at the age of 13, that there was no danger in talking to people online as long as you were smart and didn't tell them anything about yourself. I grew up with the internet, and as my interests got more and more... unique, the internet presented me with places to explore them. LJ was where I finally found a home. Somewhere to stay and explore and settle with my RL friends /and/ my fandom. It hurts that I might have to give that up. (Or even go to a free account, I don't think I'll be renewing my paid after this year).
So I'm posting links here, for myself as much as anyone. That reference this whole... mess.
-Firm and candid discussion of legal facts and related trends
-Community discussing and organizing a potential fandom move to an independent (And perhaps fan-controlled) blogging community
-links to new journals for those banned or deleting journals in protest
-Scribblit - potential fandom-oriented journal service in beta testing stages
-Massive link post for this round of deletion
Anyway. I'm glad to hear that all my acquaintances in the Twin Cities seem to have come through the bridge catastrophe all right.
Hang in there everyone.
[ETA-Unrelated- This had to happen on my day off. Strikethrough has hit fandom again. I know I'm the only one in my immediate (read: RL) friends circle who is actually into "fandom" in the way I am, but this has an effect on us all in the end. My fandom circles are exploding over
ponderosa121 getting banned. (Y'all DON'T want to see the pic she got banned for, it's HP and that's all I'm saying. DON'T read all the comments either, as it crops up there too). But this scared me enough that I made a GreatestJournal (it's also setra), and I'm looking into backing up my journal.They aren't just banning one journal here. They're eliminating ENTIRE users. All journals and all possible new ones. Forever. And there isn't an appeal system in place that I've yet heard anything about.
Do you get a refund of your paid time? *grumbles*
See, I grew up in a house and an area where the internet has been normal to me since the age of 11 and I was aware of roleplaying in MOOs and MUSHs and TrekMuse before I was out of middle school. I've been laughing at the 'OMG the internets will hurt children!' attitude since I /was/ a 'children'. I remember telling my grandmother - firmly - at the age of 13, that there was no danger in talking to people online as long as you were smart and didn't tell them anything about yourself. I grew up with the internet, and as my interests got more and more... unique, the internet presented me with places to explore them. LJ was where I finally found a home. Somewhere to stay and explore and settle with my RL friends /and/ my fandom. It hurts that I might have to give that up. (Or even go to a free account, I don't think I'll be renewing my paid after this year).
So I'm posting links here, for myself as much as anyone. That reference this whole... mess.
-Firm and candid discussion of legal facts and related trends
-Community discussing and organizing a potential fandom move to an independent (And perhaps fan-controlled) blogging community
-links to new journals for those banned or deleting journals in protest
-Scribblit - potential fandom-oriented journal service in beta testing stages
-Massive link post for this round of deletion
