LiveJournal doesn't have a problem with sites which block remote loading. As stated in the original article, LiveJournal even has a step-by-step FAQ for site owners who wish to block remote loading.
It's the fact that AOL blocked remote loading ONLY to LiveJournal and not to other journaling/blogging sites that's causing the controversy. They also blocked standard <a> links, which is really just not necessary.
Speaking as a LiveJournal support volunteer, I can say that though there have been more than a few requests on this matter, some of them have been made by people that actually have a brain. What they're doing on AOL still bewilders me.
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LiveJournal doesn't have a problem with sites which block remote loading. As stated in the original article, LiveJournal even has a step-by-step FAQ for site owners who wish to block remote loading.
It's the fact that AOL blocked remote loading ONLY to LiveJournal and not to other journaling/blogging sites that's causing the controversy. They also blocked standard <a> links, which is really just not necessary.
Speaking as a LiveJournal support volunteer, I can say that though there have been more than a few requests on this matter, some of them have been made by people that actually have a brain. What they're doing on AOL still bewilders me.