How are you all doing that?

[dreamshark]

I see that other people are posting LOOOONNNGGG posts to LJ, but I still can't post anything longer than a short paragraph. Is there some kind of trick to it?

Comments

[jiawen]

My little theory is that they've blocked anyone who previously made long response posts from doing so again until the DDoS is resolved. I don't know how true that is.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

I write posts and then upload them to LJ. If you've been writing directly in LJ, try doing this instead.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

This.
I also use the Semagic client for Windows, which is a lot easier to use (especially if you link a lot, which I do) than the "Post to Journal" page.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

No.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My best guess is that step one is "exist in the right portion of their database." Which is unfortunate if true.

[mmagidow.livejournal.com]

Uh, duh. I thought you meant that you couldn't find enough to say...

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Same here. I can't even post the results of the weirdness meme.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I just tried downloading an LJ client and posting a longer post from that - and it worked! I found the client here: http://www.livejournal.com/download/

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

When I'm posting from work I post from LJ directly. At home I use the Semagic client over Windows XP. The results are exactly the same. Short posts usually go through, anything longer than a short paragraph gets a server timeout. It doesn't make any difference whether it is a response post or a journal update.