Now is the time for all paranoid LJ users to back up (and maybe pack up)

[theinated]

LJ's announcement that it is being sold to Russian company SUP - read some of the comments by various Russian users on this. LJ is so popular in Russia that livejournal is a verb for blogging, there. People are very concerned that Putin's government is going to seriously crack down on free speech.

The Register: Blogging problem child sent to gulag

Comments

[theraevyn]

OT, but I saw this image and thought of you.

I, for one, welcome our new Russian overlords =P

[donaithnen]

So do you know of any good LJ backup utilities?

[atari_eric]

Backup, shmackup, I'm deleting all entries and closing down my journal.

[beetlefuck]

They're coming to take us away, HA HA!
They're coming to take us away...