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Ok, all of you know I'm not much one for reposting LJ-related wank here. For the most part, it disinterests me. But this? This is fucking special.
Want the rundown? Well, here it is:
1. Of course not. Where will you find such idiots that will call serious companies? It's one thing - to call a newspaper in hope that they will give you 15 minutes of fame on their page. But a proper firm? The first thing you'll get asked is "so who exactly are you trying to reach? What is this about and why the hell should we care?"
2. No, I didn't say that. Because any person can create several hundred fake LJ accounts, comment in them that on the 21st of march I will be silent in protest. Then you journalists can quote those fake users and list the names of those that were silent that day. And add a cute catchprase like "that's just the top of the iceberg"
3. Let's say, I say to you, mr. Journalist, "I think you put an extra comma here". Your natural reaction is "Oh, you're right" or "Let's ask the editor". But if I come to you and say "Take away the comma or I will beat you" Will you really go checking your spelling after that?
In a situation where people are trying to scare and blackmail us, threatening to destroy our business, there are business reasons for not rewarding such behaviour. This is not just human psychology, which retaliates more the more it is pressed. Problem is that there's never been a successful company whose success was based on bowing to collective resistant forces. No decision - no matter how correct -should be based on pressure.
4. The audience of LJ is divided into 3 groups. There is the silent majority, which uses LJ for their own needs and is indifferent to who, when and with what money made such a resource and supports it. There are the positive minority (7-10 percent in the Russian LJ), these people like LJ, they consider it useful and want it to develop further. They help us, including constructive criticism, thanks to which we correct our mistakes. And there is the third category. They endlessly, during the entire existence of LJ promote lour initiatives, whose only purpouse is to bring harm to LJ, its founders, their goal is to criticize, destablilize and ruin our reputation. They are usually motivated by wanting to attract attention to themselves. And they are successful every time.
These are actual quotes from the head of SUP's blog division, in an actual interview. This is not what somebody prodded him into saying after a long night and multiple shots of vodka: these are statements that he prepared and brought to an interview about the LJ controversies.
WOW. I wasn't planning in participating in the content boycott (it's not a strike, we don't work for them. Stop calling it a strike!) but now I am seriously reconsidering.
ETA: There's an alternative translation here, with a lot of the shitmongering tone removed. According to the second translator, the original translator added a lot of invective that wasn't there in the original text. As I can't speak Russian, I can't say for certain one way or the other, but you'll all be happy to know that he's a complete jerk either way!
Want the rundown? Well, here it is:
1. Of course not. Where will you find such idiots that will call serious companies? It's one thing - to call a newspaper in hope that they will give you 15 minutes of fame on their page. But a proper firm? The first thing you'll get asked is "so who exactly are you trying to reach? What is this about and why the hell should we care?"
2. No, I didn't say that. Because any person can create several hundred fake LJ accounts, comment in them that on the 21st of march I will be silent in protest. Then you journalists can quote those fake users and list the names of those that were silent that day. And add a cute catchprase like "that's just the top of the iceberg"
3. Let's say, I say to you, mr. Journalist, "I think you put an extra comma here". Your natural reaction is "Oh, you're right" or "Let's ask the editor". But if I come to you and say "Take away the comma or I will beat you" Will you really go checking your spelling after that?
In a situation where people are trying to scare and blackmail us, threatening to destroy our business, there are business reasons for not rewarding such behaviour. This is not just human psychology, which retaliates more the more it is pressed. Problem is that there's never been a successful company whose success was based on bowing to collective resistant forces. No decision - no matter how correct -should be based on pressure.
4. The audience of LJ is divided into 3 groups. There is the silent majority, which uses LJ for their own needs and is indifferent to who, when and with what money made such a resource and supports it. There are the positive minority (7-10 percent in the Russian LJ), these people like LJ, they consider it useful and want it to develop further. They help us, including constructive criticism, thanks to which we correct our mistakes. And there is the third category. They endlessly, during the entire existence of LJ promote lour initiatives, whose only purpouse is to bring harm to LJ, its founders, their goal is to criticize, destablilize and ruin our reputation. They are usually motivated by wanting to attract attention to themselves. And they are successful every time.
These are actual quotes from the head of SUP's blog division, in an actual interview. This is not what somebody prodded him into saying after a long night and multiple shots of vodka: these are statements that he prepared and brought to an interview about the LJ controversies.
WOW. I wasn't planning in participating in the content boycott (it's not a strike, we don't work for them. Stop calling it a strike!) but now I am seriously reconsidering.
ETA: There's an alternative translation here, with a lot of the shitmongering tone removed. According to the second translator, the original translator added a lot of invective that wasn't there in the original text. As I can't speak Russian, I can't say for certain one way or the other, but you'll all be happy to know that he's a complete jerk either way!
