InsaneJournal

About InsaneJournal

InsaneJournal is a simple yet very customizable online diary. It is built on open source software from Danga Interactive.
InsaneJournal allows you to keep in touch with all of your friends. You can create public accounts, called asylums, that allow many people to post about a common subject.
Joining InsaneJournal is absolutely free, when invited by an existing user, but highly privileged with an upgraded account.
The InsaneJournal community is very tight-knit and very accepting of all people, it doesn't matter what you look like, what you listen to, or how old you are
At InsaneJournal we believe in freedom of expression. We will not censor content unless it obviously violates United States law and we receive an offical takedown notice. We do not self-police the site.
Yes we are fanfic friendly. We believe works of fiction are just that. And unless such work infringes on a copyright that does not fall under "fair use" we believe you have the right to post that content.

Join InsaneJournal

You can view our Site Features to see what we have to offer. If you are ready, create your own InsaneJournal now!

InsaneJournal is offering Self-committed [paid] for a very, very low price. Please visit the InsaneJournal Payment Center to upgrade your account. And as always, our Free Patient accounts are free to anyone when invited by an existing user

If you don't have an invite code and would like one, our codeshare asylum is a good place to start.

InsaneJournal News

We are trying to start a new fund to remove ads from the site permanently

If you would like to join in this campaign, click the Patreon button below

squeaky: Tue 06-18-2019 13:49: Site Update
Hey everyone, I haven't given an update to the state of the site in quite some time.

Based on feedback we have decided against moving our content to a Cloud Provider at this time. We are going to continue to maintain our own physical servers in a leased rack in a datacenter for the foreseeable future.

We will be looking to have a fundraiser to replace our existing and aging hardware at some point in the fall, with hopes of getting new servers by the new year.

Really not much else to announce, I look forward to your comments and will answer any site related questions in them.

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squeaky: Wed 01-30-2019 13:22: Potential Move to AWS
I'm reading through the AWS Acceptable Use Policy. I don't think anything there precludes hosting InsaneJournal there. I feel that our existing Terms of Service falls in line with this. I'd love to have an open discussion about this, so please comment with concerns. Please keep all conversations civil.

No Illegal, Harmful, or Offensive Use or Content

* You may not use, or encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to use, the Services or AWS Site for any illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive use, or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive. Prohibited activities or content include:

* Illegal, Harmful or Fraudulent Activities. Any activities that are illegal, that violate the rights of others, or that may be harmful to others, our operations or reputation, including disseminating, promoting or facilitating child pornography, offering or disseminating fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or promotions, make-money-fast schemes, ponzi and pyramid schemes, phishing, or pharming.

* Infringing Content. Content that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others.

* Offensive Content. Content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable, including content that constitutes child pornography, relates to bestiality, or depicts non-consensual sex acts.

* Harmful Content. Content or other computer technology that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, program, or data, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or cancelbots.

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