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Hello everyone!

As many of you are aware, there are concerns (many links here) regarding last month's sudden, unannounced move of LJ's servers from the US to Russia, where there are no privacy protections and no enforced legal protection for free speech. Six Apart (SUP) has been in financial trouble for some time, and, given the new circumstances, there's a fair degree of worry that LJ could be shuttered without notice.

I think it's fair to say that back in the early 2000s, LJ comms were the heart and soul of Due South fandom, and multiple people have come to me requesting that I import the communities that I mod to Dreamwidth in order to preserve our awesome fannish history against potential erasure. I am totally on board with this, because even if LJ stays around forever, it never hurts to have a backup.

Currently on the list for import:
ds_flashfiction
ds_team_angst
ds_team_reality
ds_team_romance
ds_team_whimsy
ds_workshop

These comms will be imported to Dreamwidth in about a week. None of these comms have any new/recent posts; they're being archived at Dreamwidth to preserve our fandom history. If you find, for whatever reason, that you don't want your posts to these comms backed up to Dreamwidth, just send me the links to any entries you're concerned about and they'll be removed.

What about ds_noticeboard, you ask? I'll be getting in touch with Ces, as founder and owner of the comm, to figure out a good solution. One of us will post more news here when we have it.


edit: okay! Ces is on board with importing ds_noticeboard as well. Again, this will be happening in about a week. Preserving fandom history FTW!