Why I moved here from Lj
Mar. 18th, 2022 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoThere are two major problems at LJ:
* They are owned and hosted by a Russian company. So when I write, in all honesty, that I believe the war in Ukraine will do nothing but hurt Russia, leading to a guerrilla war similar to Chechnya, but against an adversary with a 30x larger population and 30x more land… well, it’s unclear if writing that exposes me to punishment under the most recent Russian law that would sentence me to 15 years in prison and a Rbs30,000 ($280) fine. Oh, sure, it’d be tough to enforce, but who needs that hanging over you?
* Given LJs popularity in Russia, could the government just pull the plug? That would mean those archives — which I value a great deal, and have never figured out a different way to backup — would just go {poof!}. I really didn’t want that.
So. Here I am. Who knows, maybe I’ll start writing again.
* They are owned and hosted by a Russian company. So when I write, in all honesty, that I believe the war in Ukraine will do nothing but hurt Russia, leading to a guerrilla war similar to Chechnya, but against an adversary with a 30x larger population and 30x more land… well, it’s unclear if writing that exposes me to punishment under the most recent Russian law that would sentence me to 15 years in prison and a Rbs30,000 ($280) fine. Oh, sure, it’d be tough to enforce, but who needs that hanging over you?
* Given LJs popularity in Russia, could the government just pull the plug? That would mean those archives — which I value a great deal, and have never figured out a different way to backup — would just go {poof!}. I really didn’t want that.
So. Here I am. Who knows, maybe I’ll start writing again.
