Permanent Memberships

[mdlbear]

So I see that permanent memberships are going on sale again -- for a week, starting Thursday. I've given them as gifts in the past, but I won't be doing it this year. I don't trust LJ anymore -- they're more concerned about looking good to investors than they are about their users' freedom of speech. (I was originally thinking of giving one as a graduation present, but I have since thought of something more personal, and arguably more useful.)

Like technoshaman says in this post, I'm looking forward to a day when we have a completely distributed blogosphere, where everyone controls their own content and it isn't tied to anyone else's server.

It's closer than you think.