LJ IP Blocking For Gay Content? No, Just More FUD

I've looked into the rumor that has been circulating that LJ is blocking IP addresses from account that have gay content on their journals. 
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edited: clarification from LJ staff that this had to do with the one user's Internet Service Provider which ran into some of LJ's anti-spam and DDOS protections. The LJ Staffer's post also touches on the rumors that the Russians are coming! for our pron! Same info, more detail at the fan's blog here.

But I still think we should all back up our journals. I use Dreamwidth and cross-post to LJ.
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It seems that it is just one person who has been battling with LJ for a few years over many issues. That is not to say there isn't something going on - but so far, only one person has been verified and it was IP blocking and not deleting. And since there are so many reasons your IP address can get  blocked (sometimes entire IP ranges get automatically blocked), I recommend that people backup their journals and their communities (you can migrate both to DW, including comments if you are the journal owner or moderator). And of course there still is LJ Archive.

My recommendation - rather than spreading FUD, get the message out that given how many tech platforms come and go and that policies change overnight (tumblr's NSWF removals a few months back and then tumblr's about face on the issue), we should all backup our journals and communities....

If you scroll past the LJ user's tweets from the past couple of days,  you  can find a wide range of complaints about LJ dating back over a year:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%40livejournal%20angstytimelord&src=typd&f=realtime "

And then there are these
https://twitter.com/angstytimelord/status/387304054365245440
https://twitter.com/angstytimelord/status/387319207009873921
https://twitter.com/angstytimelord/status/160392530763059200

Blip.TV Bye-Bye

If you are a vidder who has used Blip.TV to stream your vids, your vids will most likely be removed in the next few weeks. I did not receive a notification email, but thanks to laurashapiro I logged in today and found that indeed, they are removing all of my vids.

The streaming options are poor, but I am testing out the AO3's "vid shell" - this is where you host your vid elsewhere  (vimeo, youtube etc) and then use AO3 to create a stable "shell" (or link) to hand out. You can always update where the vid is actually hosted without having to change the link.

Anyhow, here is my Due South vid.

Flying Home (Vid) by Morgan Dawn
Fandom: due South
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio
Summary: Fraser character study: his past, present and future life.

And my Supernatural vid

God Says Nothing Back (vid)  by Morgan Dawn
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: Not Rated
Summary: The universe has a message for Sam, but is it one he wants to hear?

I also moved two of my favorite vids by other vidders:
Nights in White Satin (Wiseguy) by Lynn C and Tashery S
Continental Drift (Blake's 7) by Gayle F and Tashery S