Comments | 2metaldog: PSA on deleting & moving

2metaldog

PSA on deleting & moving

Apr 06, 2017 18:10

Well, with the way things are going and the way the new ToS for LJ is written, I'm not real comfy about having my work posted here. That's unfortunate as this is where I started interacting with a lot of people and met a lot of great people. It's sad that it's come to this but you can't use LJ without agreeing to their ToS so ( Read more... )

Comments 6

a_ngua April 6 2017, 23:12:26 UTC

Mm, what exactly made you want to leave? LJ belong to SUP from 2007...

2metaldog April 6 2017, 23:48:04 UTC

Their new ToS that came out a few days ago basically gives them rights to any work you post to the site to use however they see fit without compensating you for your work. They can also freeze/suspend/delete your account with no notice to you and you have almost no avenues to get your account reinstated.

Russia also has a pretty hard, unfriendly line on homosexuality. The new ToS allows them to delete content, without warning, for anything they deem "offensive" and that doesn't adhere to Russian law (since they are a Russian company). The law there regarding homosexual activities is written very ambiguously with the wording stating that anything that "raises the interest" (uhhh, what?) of minors in homosexuality or presents a homosexual relationship as normal is punishable by fines and jail time.

marasmine April 7 2017, 10:43:12 UTC

I've 'subscribed' to both Dreamwidth accounts. The new ToS didn't thrill me either, but I had to accept them to access my LJ...

2metaldog April 7 2017, 11:12:17 UTC

yeah, I had to do that as well for all of my accounts here on LJ even for the ones I deleted.

pinkydbzfan April 11 2017, 02:00:58 UTC

What will happen with your fanfiction. Ever though of use ao3?

2metaldog April 11 2017, 02:22:12 UTC

Most of the fanfic stuff is/should still be posted to AdultFanFic. I haven't written any fanfic in literally years so hadn't thought about upping it to somewhere else. Should this account get deleted (or if I delete it), I'll poke around and see about possibly re-upping it elsewhere.

Or I could be productive/proactive and mirror this account to my DW account, thus saving all the stuff, which would likely be a fairly decent idea, really.