Funk Babblings

Is it better for LJ to be owned by a Bay-Area company that just wants to make money with questionable regard for its customers, or a Russian company that just wants to make money and do Putin's bidding? (Have you heard about the current state of Russian media freedom? Or that LJ is literally synonymous with blogging there?)

I'm starting to think about moving to someplace like InsaneJournal, GreatestJournal, or Blurty. Comparisons can be found in various journals and Wikipedia, and migration instructions can also be found in various places. InsaneJournal seems to be the most popular migration choice right now, according to my brief research. Note that (if their LJ code is recent enough) they should all support Livejournal users logging in using OpenID, and possibly vice-versa.

I've now created an rfunk account at all three of those. I don't know whether I'll move, or which one I might move to. I'll probably at least try to back up to one. Of course, the network of friends at LJ is vital and the reason I came in the first place, so I'm interested in where others might go too.

Maybe dachte's scheme of a personally-hosted blog gatewaying into LJ is the way to go.