http://evgenymorozov.com/blog/?p=309 ...random notes on technology, media, and society Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://evgenymorozov.com/blog/?p=309&cpage=1#comment-1769 Doctor Science Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:20:34 +0000 http://evgenymorozov.com/blog/?p=309#comment-1769 I don't think it's the Russians doing this, necessarily. <a href="http://mecurtin.livejournal.com/574619.html" rel="nofollow">They also removed all but one Russian interest, after all</a>. I think they're trying to make the list palatable to ... who? Random American parents wondering "what this livejournal thing is", is my guess. It can't be aimed at investors, advertisers, or members, because leaving off the Russian interests is actively counterproductive for those groups. I don’t think it’s the Russians doing this, necessarily. They also removed all but one Russian interest, after all. I think they’re trying to make the list palatable to … who? Random American parents wondering “what this livejournal thing is”, is my guess. It can’t be aimed at investors, advertisers, or members, because leaving off the Russian interests is actively counterproductive for those groups.

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