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Mar. 1st, 2012 03:54 pmApparently LJ has a role in Russian online life that it does not in the West.
Where the ME is using FB and Twitter and YouTube with their smartphones, Russians like to write:
LiveJournal: Russia's unlikely internet giant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17177053
I had been wondering if the coming Russian elections would result in a DDoS - LJ servers have been hit before.
According to the article, having the servers in the US means it's harder to force the company to give up user data and track down opinionated users, so it's a bonus to those using LJ to voice unpopular views.
I feel obscurely pleased to be on LJ today!
Where the ME is using FB and Twitter and YouTube with their smartphones, Russians like to write:
LiveJournal: Russia's unlikely internet giant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17177053
I had been wondering if the coming Russian elections would result in a DDoS - LJ servers have been hit before.
According to the article, having the servers in the US means it's harder to force the company to give up user data and track down opinionated users, so it's a bonus to those using LJ to voice unpopular views.
I feel obscurely pleased to be on LJ today!
