See, I don't think it's necessarily wrong to be paranoid about it. Given the atmosphere in the U.S. these days, paranoia strikes me as smart.
Now I can see LJ not wanting to advertise a DDoS attack. The servers are overloaded and they don't want to give anyone ideas. But at the very least they should've said they were having technical difficulties with the servers, rather than the vaguely worded answers we were getting.
And, yeah, you were in a tough place since your sources had currency with you. I don't envy your spot at all. I think most people handled it the best they could (and I put you in this spot), but there was a small subset that were hyperventilating and spinning doomsday scenarios.
But the thing that got me is that people were afraid because too many people opened their mouths on this issue or that and drew attention to what actually are serious issues (even if they're under the guise of fandom). Meanwhile, I'm like, "Duuuuude! Can't you see? Power. That's fucking power."
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Now I can see LJ not wanting to advertise a DDoS attack. The servers are overloaded and they don't want to give anyone ideas. But at the very least they should've said they were having technical difficulties with the servers, rather than the vaguely worded answers we were getting.
And, yeah, you were in a tough place since your sources had currency with you. I don't envy your spot at all. I think most people handled it the best they could (and I put you in this spot), but there was a small subset that were hyperventilating and spinning doomsday scenarios.
But the thing that got me is that people were afraid because too many people opened their mouths on this issue or that and drew attention to what actually are serious issues (even if they're under the guise of fandom). Meanwhile, I'm like, "Duuuuude! Can't you see? Power. That's fucking power."
Hence this post. :-)