<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
(	O
)	O
,	O
stylised	O
as	O
LiVEJOURNAL	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
Russian-owned	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
keep	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
journal	O
,	O
or	O
diary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
American	O
programmer	O
Brad	O
Fitzpatrick	O
started	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
keeping	O
his	O
high	O
school	O
friends	O
updated	O
on	O
his	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
American	O
blogging	O
software	O
company	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
purchased	O
Danga	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
operated	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
from	O
Fitzpatrick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
sold	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
to	O
Russian	O
media	O
company	O
SUP	O
Media	O
in	O
2007	O
;	O
the	O
service	O
continued	O
to	O
operate	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
via	O
a	O
California-based	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
but	O
began	O
moving	O
some	O
operations	O
to	O
Russian	O
offices	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
relocated	O
its	O
servers	O
to	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
changed	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
Russian	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
of	O
social	O
networking	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
quaternary	O
(	O
with	O
four	O
possible	O
states	O
of	O
connection	O
between	O
one	O
user	O
and	O
another	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
friend	O
"	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
a	O
technical	O
term	O
,	O
but	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
emotionally	O
loaded	O
for	O
many	O
people	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
discussions	O
in	O
such	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
communities	O
as	O
lj_dev	O
and	O
lj_biz	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
suggestions	O
about	O
whether	O
the	O
term	O
should	O
be	O
used	O
this	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
friends	O
(	O
friends	O
list	O
,	O
often	O
shortened	O
to	O
flist	B-Application
)	O
will	O
often	O
include	O
several	O
communities	O
and	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
individual	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
distinctive	O
feature	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
friends	O
list	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
gives	O
the	O
site	O
a	O
strong	O
social	O
aspect	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
blog	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
customize	O
their	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
upload	O
graphical	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
or	O
"	O
userpics	B-Application
,	O
"	O
which	O
appear	O
next	O
to	O
the	O
username	O
in	O
prominent	O
areas	O
as	O
on	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paid	O
account	O
holders	O
are	O
given	O
full	O
access	O
to	O
S2	O
management	O
and	O
more	O
userpics	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
has	O
five	O
account	O
levels	O
:	O
basic	O
(	O
comprising	O
approximately	O
95%	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
)	O
;	O
plus	O
(	O
sponsored	O
with	O
more	O
advertising	O
)	O
;	O
"	O
early	O
adopters	O
"	O
who	O
were	O
registered	O
prior	O
to	O
14	O
September	O
2000	O
;	O
paid	O
;	O
and	O
permanent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
basic	O
accounts	O
were	O
ad-free	O
;	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
resumed	O
new	O
basic	O
account	O
creation	O
but	O
changed	O
that	O
account	O
level	O
to	O
display	O
ads	O
to	O
non-logged-in	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
allowing	O
embedded	O
videos	O
from	O
other	O
sites	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
can	O
host	O
videos	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
enabled	O
the	O
updated	O
site	O
design	O
to	O
post	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
hosted	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sending	O
Text	O
Messages	O
–	O
users	O
can	O
receive	O
text	O
messages	O
sent	O
via	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
without	O
sharing	O
their	O
phone	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
text	O
messaging	O
feature	O
is	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
anyone	O
(	O
or	O
any	O
authorized	O
user	O
)	O
can	O
use	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
to	O
send	O
text	O
messages	O
to	O
their	O
cellphone	O
by	O
following	O
a	O
link	O
on	O
the	O
User	O
Info	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
To-do	O
list	O
"	O
feature	O
–	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
offers	O
“	O
to-do	O
lists	O
”	O
for	O
managing	O
users	O
goals	O
and	O
aims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
had	O
10	O
million	O
monthly	O
uniques	O
,	O
30	O
million	O
monthly	O
visitors	O
,	O
and	O
170	O
million	O
pageviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
users	O
,	O
including	O
non-paying	O
users	O
,	O
can	O
set	O
various	O
options	O
for	O
comments	O
:	O
they	O
can	O
instruct	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
only	O
accept	O
comments	O
from	O
those	O
on	O
their	O
friends	O
list	O
or	O
block	O
anonymous	O
comments	O
(	O
meaning	O
only	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
users	O
can	O
comment	O
on	O
their	O
posts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
acts	O
as	O
host	O
to	O
group	O
journals	O
,	O
dubbed	O
"	O
communities	O
"	O
(	O
frequently	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
comms	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
community	O
is	O
a	O
collective	O
blog	O
in	O
which	O
different	O
users	O
can	O
post	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
areas	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
rely	O
heavily	O
on	O
user	O
contributions	O
and	O
volunteer	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
Support	O
area	O
is	O
run	O
almost	O
entirely	O
by	O
unpaid	O
volunteers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
is	O
translated	O
into	O
other	O
languages	O
by	O
volunteers	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
effort	O
is	O
running	O
down	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
perceived	O
lack	O
of	O
involvement	O
from	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
software	O
has	O
seen	O
extensive	O
volunteer	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
several	O
forks	B-Application
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
introduce	O
new	O
features	O
that	O
users	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
see	O
,	O
especially	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
brought	O
up	O
repeatedly	O
in	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
own	O
suggestions	O
journal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
legal	O
and	O
administrative	O
concerns	O
have	O
led	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
to	O
prohibit	O
some	O
people	O
from	O
volunteering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
39,663,771	O
accounts	O
exist	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
with	O
1,790,795	O
listed	O
as	O
"	O
active	O
in	O
some	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
most	O
popular	O
in	O
English-speaking	O
countries	O
(	O
although	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
language	O
selection	O
feature	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
has	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
most	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
users	O
among	O
users	O
who	O
choose	O
to	O
list	O
a	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
the	O
largest	O
online	O
community	O
on	O
the	O
Runet	O
,	O
with	O
about	O
45%	O
of	O
all	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Russian	O
blogosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frank	O
the	O
Goat	O
is	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
mascot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
Frank	O
was	O
treated	O
like	O
an	O
actual	O
living	O
being	O
by	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
userbase	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
brief	O
"	O
biography	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
his	O
"	O
journal	O
"	O
reflect	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
,	O
callers	O
to	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
Voice	O
Post	O
service	O
are	O
informed	O
"	O
Frank	O
the	O
Goat	O
appreciates	O
your	O
call.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
weekly	O
comic	O
about	O
Frank	O
,	O
written	O
and	O
drawn	O
by	O
cartoonist	O
Ryan	O
Estrada	O
,	O
was	O
updated	O
every	O
Thursday	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
Frank	O
:	O
The	O
Comic	O
Strip	O
"	O
community	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2009	O
the	O
community	O
has	O
roughly	O
8,000	O
members	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
watched	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
7,000	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
weekly	O
news	O
posts	O
included	O
references	O
to	O
Frank	O
's	O
life	O
,	O
becoming	O
works	O
of	O
short	O
fiction	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
provides	O
an	O
option	O
intended	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
chances	O
of	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
indexing	O
a	O
journal	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
completely	O
impossible	O
for	O
such	O
indexing	O
to	O
occur	O
is	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
entry	O
security	O
to	O
"	O
friends	O
only	O
"	O
or	O
higher	O
when	O
first	O
posting	O
the	O
entry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
an	O
entry	O
is	O
first	O
posted	O
publicly	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
edited	O
to	O
reflect	O
a	O
higher	O
security	O
level	O
,	O
it	O
may	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
indexed	O
by	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
time	O
between	O
the	O
security	O
edit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popular	O
"	O
friends	O
only	O
"	O
security	O
option	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
Xanga	O
and	O
Myspace	B-Application
,	O
hides	O
a	O
post	O
from	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
so	O
that	O
only	O
those	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
friends	O
list	O
can	O
read	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
such	O
features	O
as	O
tags	O
and	O
userpics	B-Application
cannot	O
be	O
hidden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
user	O
groups	O
within	O
their	O
group	O
of	O
friends	O
to	O
further	O
restrict	O
who	O
can	O
read	O
any	O
particular	O
post	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
allow	O
reading	O
of	O
subsets	O
of	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
friends	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
additionally	O
has	O
a	O
"	O
private	O
"	O
security	O
option	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
post	O
that	O
only	O
the	O
poster	O
can	O
read	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
their	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
a	O
private	O
diary	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
lists	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
hide	O
communities	O
from	O
their	O
profile	O
page	O
by	O
not	O
friending	O
them	O
(	O
friended	O
communities	O
are	O
"	O
watched	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
by	O
either	O
banning	O
the	O
community	O
from	O
posting	O
in	O
their	O
journal	O
(	O
which	O
has	O
no	O
effect	O
since	O
they	O
cannot	O
anyway	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
remove	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
member	O
of	O
"	O
list	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
removing	O
the	O
"	O
friend	O
of	O
"	O
list	O
,	O
which	O
removes	O
the	O
"	O
member	O
of	O
"	O
list	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
friend	O
of	O
"	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
allows	O
paid	O
account	O
users	O
to	O
change	O
privacy	O
settings	O
on	O
past	O
entries	O
in	O
bulk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
and	O
plus	O
accounts	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
official	O
web-based	O
method	O
,	O
and	O
normally	O
must	O
manually	O
change	O
such	O
settings	O
one	O
by	O
one	O
;	O
some	O
third	O
party	O
clients	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Livejournal	B-Application
Visibility	O
Changer	O
,	O
provide	O
this	O
functionality	O
for	O
non-paid	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
permits	O
adult-oriented	O
content	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
responsibility	O
to	O
mark	O
content	O
as	O
inappropriate	O
for	O
minors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
rules	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
reported	O
as	O
being	O
offensive	O
or	O
inappropriate	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
has	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
flag	O
,	O
restrict	O
access	O
,	O
or	O
delete	O
it	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
without	O
notice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oh	O
No	O
They	O
Did	O
n't	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
ONTD	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
community	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
with	O
over	O
100,000	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
the	O
first	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
to	O
surpass	O
16,777,216	O
comments	O
(	O
224	O
)	O
,	O
effectively	O
breaking	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
previously	O
undocumented	O
limit	O
on	O
comments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
almost	O
a	O
week	O
of	O
downtime	O
for	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
while	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
worked	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Danga	O
Interactive	O
,	O
was	O
formed	O
and	O
held	O
entirely	O
by	O
Brad	O
Fitzpatrick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
sold	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
Fitzpatrick	O
left	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
He	O
continued	O
to	O
serve	O
on	O
the	O
Advisory	O
Board	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
became	O
extremely	O
popular	O
in	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Russian	O
translation	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
–	O
ЖЖ	O
(	O
ZheZhe	B-Application
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
Живой	O
Журнал	O
)	O
–	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
genericized	O
trademark	O
for	O
blogging	O
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
boasts	O
something	O
close	O
to	O
700,000	O
Russian	O
LiveJournals	B-Application
,	O
perhaps	O
300,000	O
of	O
them	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
licensed	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
brand	O
to	O
the	O
Russian	O
company	O
SUP	O
Media	O
in	O
August	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
concerns	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
licensing	O
deal	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
grown	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
sale	O
to	O
SUP	O
Media	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
March	O
2008	O
interview	O
,	O
Anton	O
Nosik	O
,	O
an	O
advisor	O
to	O
SUP	O
Media	O
,	O
accused	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
users	O
of	O
"	O
trying	O
to	O
scare	O
and	O
blackmail	O
us	O
,	O
threatening	O
to	O
destroy	O
our	O
business	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
a	O
large	O
class	O
of	O
users	O
are	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
only	O
to	O
harm	O
it	O
and	O
its	O
owners	O
;	O
"	O
their	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
criticize	O
,	O
destabilize	O
and	O
ruin	O
our	O
reputation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
stating	O
that	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
would	O
maintain	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
its	O
operations	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
via	O
the	O
local	O
subsidiary	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
SUP	O
laid	O
off	O
some	O
employees	O
and	O
moved	O
product	O
development	O
and	O
design	O
functions	O
to	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
servers	O
hosted	O
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
it	O
changed	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
Russian	O
law	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
(	O
in	O
their	O
official	O
form	O
)	O
only	O
in	O
Russian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
until	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
was	O
checked	O
by	O
an	O
"	O
invite	O
code	O
"	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
management	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
invite	O
code	O
system	O
had	O
always	O
been	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
temporary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
friendships	O
are	O
not	O
necessarily	O
mutual	O
;	O
any	O
user	O
can	O
befriend	O
or	O
"	O
defriend	O
"	O
any	O
other	O
user	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Russian	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
community	O
,	O
the	O
word	O
френд	O
(	O
"	O
friend	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
English	O
borrowing	O
)	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
this	O
relationship	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
native	O
Russian	O
word	O
"	O
друг	O
"	O
( [	O
drug	O
]	O
)	O
that	O
translates	O
to	O
"	O
friend	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
code	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
has	O
split	O
the	O
'	O
friend	O
 '	O
concept	O
into	O
its	O
two	O
component	O
pieces	O
of	O
subscription	O
and	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
has	O
grown	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
had	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
issues	O
involving	O
the	O
content	O
it	O
hosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
created	O
an	O
Abuse	O
Prevention	O
Team	O
and	O
processes	O
to	O
handle	O
claims	O
about	O
violations	O
of	O
the	O
Terms	O
of	O
Service	O
,	O
violations	O
of	O
copyright	O
,	O
violations	O
of	O
the	O
law	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
journal	O
is	O
suspended	O
,	O
it	O
effectively	O
removes	O
from	O
sight	O
everything	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
written	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
including	O
comments	O
in	O
other	O
people	O
's	O
journals	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
material	O
while	O
suspended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
suspended	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
paid	O
for	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
service	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
payments	O
refunded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
controversy	O
arose	O
when	O
users	O
complained	O
after	O
an	O
unknown	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
were	O
asked	O
to	O
remove	O
default	O
user	B-Application
pictures	I-Application
containing	O
images	O
of	O
breast	O
feeding	O
that	O
were	O
considered	O
inappropriate	O
as	O
they	O
contained	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
nipples	O
or	O
areolae	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
responded	O
by	O
changing	O
the	O
FAQ	O
on	O
appropriate	O
content	O
for	O
default	O
user	B-Application
pictures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
FAQ	O
111	O
says	O
that	O
nudity	O
is	O
not	O
appropriate	O
in	O
default	O
user	B-Application
pictures	I-Application
;	O
the	O
original	O
FAQ	O
111	O
said	O
that	O
graphic	O
sexual	O
content	O
was	O
not	O
appropriate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Breastfeeding	O
pictures	O
were	O
not	O
restricted	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
FAQ	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
current	O
FAQ	O
reflects	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
only	O
restricted	O
from	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
default	O
user	B-Application
picture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Breastfeeding	O
pictures	O
are	O
still	O
allowed	O
as	O
user	B-Application
pictures	I-Application
that	O
may	O
be	O
manually	O
chosen	O
while	O
posting	O
but	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
the	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
was	O
introducing	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
type	O
that	O
gave	O
free	O
users	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
available	O
to	O
paid	O
members	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
ad	O
sponsorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
April	O
2004	O
and	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
Social	O
Contract	O
promises	O
stated	O
the	O
site	O
would	O
,	O
"	O
Stay	O
advertisement	O
free.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
ad-related	O
controversy	O
occurred	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
when	O
ads	O
for	O
Kpremium	O
began	O
installing	O
malware	O
and	O
triggering	O
pop-up	O
ads	O
on	O
Australian	O
and	O
Western	O
European	O
users	O
 '	O
computers	O
,	O
against	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
ad	O
guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
responded	O
by	O
removing	O
the	O
advertisement	O
from	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
issuing	O
an	O
apology	O
to	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
discontinued	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
new	O
users	O
to	O
select	O
the	O
"	O
basic	O
"	O
level	O
of	O
journal	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
a	O
minimal	O
set	O
of	O
features	O
with	O
no	O
advertising	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
resumed	O
basic	O
service	O
level	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
ad-free	O
:	O
advertisements	O
are	O
displayed	O
when	O
readers	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
logged	O
into	O
livejournal	B-Application
view	O
postings	O
on	O
a	O
basic	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertisement	O
in	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
preferable	O
categories	O
,	O
gender	O
,	O
age	O
,	O
location	O
,	O
interests	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
small	O
portion	O
of	O
public	O
page	O
contents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ads	O
are	O
targeted	O
according	O
to	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
author	O
,	O
the	O
viewer	O
,	O
and	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
ad	O
preferences	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
changes	O
made	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Livejournal	B-Application
eliminated	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
paid	O
contributors	O
to	O
prevent	O
ads	O
being	O
shown	O
to	O
their	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
began	O
showing	O
ads	O
on	O
all	O
pages	O
,	O
including	O
postings	O
by	O
paid	O
contributors	O
,	O
unless	O
the	O
reader	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
logged-in	O
paid	O
contributor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
suspended	O
approximately	O
500	O
accounts	O
and	O
communities	O
,	O
causing	O
what	O
CNET	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
revolt	O
"	O
from	O
"	O
thousands	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
customers	O
"	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
activist	O
groups	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
named	O
Warriors	O
for	O
Innocence	O
,	O
reported	O
pedophilic	O
material	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
chairman	O
and	O
chief	O
executive	O
Barak	O
Berkowitz	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
did	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
our	O
policies	O
related	O
to	O
how	O
we	O
review	O
those	O
sites	O
,	O
those	O
journals	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
we	O
actually	O
did	O
have	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
journals	O
up	O
that	O
we	O
did	O
n't	O
think	O
met	O
our	O
policies	O
and	O
did	O
n't	O
think	O
they	O
were	O
appropriate	O
to	O
have	O
up	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
subsequent	O
posting	O
to	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
news	O
community	O
,	O
he	O
apologized	O
,	O
discussed	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
circumstances	O
behind	O
the	O
suspensions	O
,	O
and	O
indicated	O
that	O
the	O
suspended	O
journals	O
would	O
be	O
reviewed	O
and	O
potentially	O
brought	O
back	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
Livejournal	B-Application
's	O
normal	O
practice	O
of	O
reviewing	O
suspensions	O
and	O
notifying	O
suspended	O
account	O
holders	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
followed	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Berkowitz	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
to	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
news	O
community	O
announcing	O
that	O
Six	B-Protocol
Apart	I-Protocol
was	O
currently	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
unsuspending	O
about	O
half	O
of	O
suspended	O
journals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Abe	O
Hassan	O
at	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
released	O
a	O
statement	O
clarifying	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
suspension	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
previously	O
announced	O
,	O
SUP	O
Media	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
owners	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
advisory	O
board	O
to	O
help	O
it	O
make	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
members	O
were	O
distinguished	O
people	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
law	O
and	O
technology	O
,	O
danah	O
boyd	O
,	O
Esther	O
Dyson	O
,	O
Lawrence	O
Lessig	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
founder	O
,	O
Brad	O
Fitzpatrick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SUP	O
announced	O
two	O
other	O
members	O
would	O
be	O
appointed	O
from	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
userbase	O
,	O
one	O
Russian	O
and	O
one	O
English	O
speaking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
was	O
the	O
victim	O
of	O
several	O
DDoS	B-Device
attacks	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
attack	O
is	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
largest	O
DDoS	B-Device
attack	O
against	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
since	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
another	O
attack	O
was	O
recorded	O
,	O
with	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
status	O
blog	O
acknowledging	O
it	O
as	O
such	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
attacks	O
,	O
Russian	O
president	O
Dmitry	O
Medvedev	O
commented	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
that	O
"	O
what	O
has	O
occurred	O
should	O
be	O
examined	O
by	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
administration	O
and	O
law	O
enforcement	O
agencies.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Russia	O
's	O
election	O
day	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
saw	O
another	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
site	O
,	O
tweeted	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
getting	O
multiple	O
independent	O
reports	O
that	O
email	O
addresses	O
and	O
passwords	O
from	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
user	O
database	O
were	O
being	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
scam	O
email	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
admins	O
at	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
reported	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
repeatedly	O
warned	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
of	O
an	O
apparent	O
breach	O
with	O
exposure	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
passwords	O
,	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
2017	O
or	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
had	O
declined	O
to	O
disclose	O
this	O
to	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MyIDCare	O
site	O
sent	O
out	O
an	O
alert	O
(	O
dated	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2020	O
)	O
to	O
their	O
previously	O
registered	O
users	O
about	O
a	O
potential	O
data	O
breach	O
at	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
and	O
requested	O
that	O
users	O
change	O
their	O
passwords	O
to	O
protect	O
those	O
accounts	O
against	O
potentially	O
fraudulent	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
began	O
blocking	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
SixApart	B-Protocol
,	O
there	O
were	O
8,692	O
self-reported	O
Chinese	O
bloggers	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
in	O
Kazakhstan	O
by	O
court	O
order	O
due	O
to	O
blogs	O
containing	O
extremist	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Uzbekistan	O
began	O
blocking	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
significantly	O
modified	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
service	O
subject	O
to	O
Russian	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
running	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
is	O
primarily	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
until	O
2014	O
,	O
when	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
closed	O
their	O
official	O
source	O
code	O
repository	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
;	O
the	O
license	O
continues	O
to	O
apply	O
to	O
the	O
old	O
code	O
from	O
before	O
this	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
it	O
was	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
many	O
other	O
communities	O
have	O
been	O
designed	O
using	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
software	O
or	O
code	B-Application
forks	I-Application
of	O
it	O
,	O
with	O
features	O
and	O
formats	O
similar	O
to	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
including	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
,	O
InsaneJournal	O
,	O
DeadJournal	B-Application
and	O
GreatestJournal	O
(	O
defunct	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
often	O
have	O
different	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
than	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
attractive	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
become	O
disenchanted	O
with	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
rules	O
and	O
wish	O
to	O
move	O
their	O
journals	O
to	O
other	O
hosts	O
.	O
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