Beset From All Sides

[kevin_standlee]

Some of you who read this LJ may be interested in the discussion happening on this item on SF Awards Watch, where I'm informed that WSFS is doing a bunch of things I don't think we're doing (such as claiming that the Hugo Awards represent All of Fandom), and we're certainly mis-administering the Hugo Awards, and that it's a terrible shame that we actually charge anything to vote, since Poll Taxes Are Evil, but also awful that we let the members make the nominations, because Voters Have Terrible Taste.

As I pointed out in one of my comments, I'm usually beset from all sides. I'm a bomb-throwing lunatic who would Destroy As All according to the conservatives, and a Hidebound Old Fogey according to the radicals.

If you want to comment, I'd prefer you do so over there, not here.

Comments

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Well, I've got some information why LJ can't create the feed, but it's weird...

This error message is occurring because the site in question is using the Wordpress Bad Behavior plugin, which blocks LiveJournal's servers from retrieving the syndicated feed.

Please contact the maintainers of the site and ask them to review their security settings and, if possible, temporarily disable the Bad Behavior plugin or add LiveJournal's IP address (204.9.177.18) to the plugin's white list. Once the configuration has been updated, you may try adding the feed again.

As to why Emcit worked even though it was using Bad Behavior too? Well, it apparently only is a problem when creating the feed. Once the feed exists, Bad Behavior doesn't block the retrieval. Very strange.

So one solution: adding 204.9.177.18 to BB's whitelist will solve the problem.