I appear to have relocated

[madrobins]

I knew Live Journal was on its way out, but I didn't realize how... emergent the relocation effort would need to be--until this morning when I went in to see what was up and got gobsmacked with the new TOS. I have no problem with taking my business elsewhere, but I had meant to download all the entries I had on my LJ before I went. Now I either have to agree to the TOS to get my posts back, or kiss them--and a number of memories--g'bye.

That's a decision for tomorrow.

Comments

[madrobins]

Wow, I was so startled by this that I hadn't thought of workarounds. Perhaps tonight after work I will see if no script works.

[green_knight]

I stopped crossposting a couple of months ago, but hoped that LJ would rally again, since there are a couple of people there whom I only meet on LJ, so I guess I was a little more mentally prepared.

Best of luck with the no-script solution. I don't know whether desktop clients would work - that *should* get around the script issue, though apparently the ToS also contain the provision of 'if you are using the site, you are agreeing to our ToS'. Still, it would give me satisfaction to never click 'I agree'.

[ckd]

The XMLRPC interface that clients and backup scripts use is blocked until you click "agree". (Not that it would matter given the "any usage constitutes agreement" clause, but it's extra annoying.)