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.
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.