LJ or g-mail twitchiness, and paid accounts

I'm not receiving comment-alerts in a timely fashion, so if I've failed to respond to a comment or it looks like I walked away from the heated argument engaging intellectual discussion we were having, I probably just didn't realize there was something for me to respond to.

In (possibly related) news, I've been feeling very kindly towards LJ because of the Russian DDoS attacks. I'm considering buying a paid account in support of political free speech.

And, y'know, for icons.