LJ Problems...

[endlessrarities]

Is it just me, or is LiveJournal being impossible to work with at the moment?

I've had an action-packed couple of days, which hopefully I'll be able to share with you sooner rather than later...

And I'm posting this one Dreamwidth, in case you're wondering...

Comments

[ex_heleninwales860]

Ah... So you've missed all the drama over the DoS attack?

Yes, LJ has been more or less down due to enemy action for several days. All seems to be well now though.

[changeling72]

I've started duplicating all of my entries as a back up. I've also started to befriend Dreamwidth users.

[cmcmck]

Oh good!

My adding you to my flist here has obviously worked! :o)

[slysidonia.livejournal.com]

Can i friend you over at DW, For, if and when this happens again?
What is your name there?

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

I'm 'endlessrarities' over there, too...

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I've added you to my flist over on DW too. There are only minor variations in content as yet however.

[ooxc.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to do anything on it for two days

[nobleplatypus]

It's not just you. There was another large-scale DDoS attack courtesy of Russian politics.

[faunhaert.livejournal.com]

thank you for the link
damn control freaks

grumble grumble

i miss my friends!
and just incase others drop i'm adding more!

[nobleplatypus]

No problem. I had strongly suspected it was Russia-related, though I can't say I'm happy to have my suspicions confirmed. :\

On a brighter note, I added you back! Huzzah for new friends!

[readthisandweep.livejournal.com]

Today (Friday) it seems we're back on track
(If I have now jinxed the thing, abject apologies.)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I'm cmcmck on DW too and have been posting mostly over there since Sunday when this all kicked off.

It isn't just you, it's a concerted DDos attack and this is the first time I've been able to post for several days.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

http://status.livejournal.com/ is a good place to bookmark if you ever want to check if it's just you - it's hosted separately from the rest of LJ.

If it were just tech inadequacy I might check out the competition, but I'm damned if some bloody political DDOS attacker is going to dictate my use of technology. grrrrr.

[aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com]

So it was an attack? I thought it was just LJ having more problems than usual, and I can't comment half of the time anyway, Russians or not.

(To be precise, the comment section isn't down completely but often loading so slowly that I walk elsewhere; I have no patience with slow sites.)