Svetlana Ivannikova, head of LiveJournal Russia, Demian Kudryavtsev, the managing director of Kommersant Publishing House (one of three main shareholders of the SUP Fabrik, a company that operates LiveJournal) and blogger Anton Nossik (who worked as a 'social media evangelist' at SUP Fabrik in 2006-2008) claimed that Vedomosti did a bad journalistic job and misinterpreted the data.
Svetlana Ivannikova, cap de LiveJournal Rússia, Demian Kudryavtsev, el director executiu de Kommersant Publishing House (un dels principals accionistes de SUP Fabrik, una empresa que utilitza LiveJournal) i el blocaire Anton Nossik (que va treballar d'evangelista dels mitjans socials a SUP Fabrik del 2006 al 2008) van afirmar que Vedomosti va fer un mal treball periodístic i que va interpretar les dades erròniament.