Comments on: LiveJournal future cloudy, ask again later

by: Josh Neufeld

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:12:24 +0000

Thanks, Heidi!

by: The Beat

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:24:15 +0000

Ecto is awesome but it doesn’t back up stuff from 4-5 years ago. However IT IS GREAT! I’m not totally crazy about Ecto 3, but maybe that’s because I’m not so into CSS.

Josh, this post from Dan Curtis Johnson’s lj has some ideas. Some people are using LJBook, as well, but it seems to be overloaded right now.

I downloaded ljmigrate but haven’t figured out how to do it yet — my programming is about as good as my cooking.

by: Chip Mosher

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:34:46 +0000

I use Ecto!

by: Josh Neufeld

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:06:01 +0000

Can anyone tell me a quick and easy way to archive and download my LJ? BTW, I’m on a Mac

by: Dino

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:06:09 +0000

Fans of ACT-I-VATE should bookmark the official website: http://www.act-i-vate.com/

by: Jason A. Quest

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:09:39 +0000

This is why I will always base everything I do on the internet on free/open-source software and standard web hosting services. I might use other stuff from time to time, but only for gravy or as a place to mirror content. That way, if all else (but the net itself) fails, I can always self-host.

by: Charles Knight

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:06:44 +0000

“LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance. Don’t worry, this has nothing to do with our recent company layoffs! It’s a technical problem, not a lack-of-personnel problem.

Thank you for your patience. ”

Oh noes the lights have gone out!

by: Kelson

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:50:09 +0000

It seems like every other year there's some sort of scare about how LJ will either disappear or mass-delete everyone. I've made an archive of my journal, just in case, but I don't expect it to vanish anytime soon. And as Franklin points out, even if the company does eventually go under, someone will be willing to buy it. For perspective: CNET: LiveJournal deletes 'about a dozen' jobs and LiveJournal's press release on the "restructuring."

by: Franklin Harris

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:21 +0000

LJ is not going anywhere. It still has far too many users for someone not to snap it up at fire-sale prices.

by: Carol Burrell

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:14:19 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up. LJ has been an easy way to get feedback on my webcomic and commune with others interested in such obscure topics. Not to mention that dedicating my LJ account to a comic has curtailed my previous use of the blog, i.e., whining, fanwank, and unhealthy obsessing over BPAL perfumes.

Time for me to race to do that download and backup.

by: Michael

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:49:21 +0000

LiveJournal is still popular?

by: Torsten Adair

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:59:24 +0000

Well, I just started a small, nondescript journal there, so it’s not too much trouble to move it. It’s not like anyone reads it anyway…

Curiously, hardly anyone blinked when AOL ended its Hometown and photo sharing sites a few months ago.

Oh, and it’s not an addictive site. Very difficult to search for people. The homepage is rather plain, and does not invite visitors to engage the site. The sole advertisement doesn’t load (Adobe Flash 10). It says there are 17.9 Million communities and journals (not users, CREATED CONTENT), 210 thousand entries in the past 24 hours, but no easy way to look at them.

Will this scare cause people to flee to Blogspot? Or might Publisher’s Weekly steal a page from the Comics Industry* and offer the LiveJournal diaspora a home on a revamped Comics Week page?

*see: Harvey Diaspora creates Star Comics; Marvel Diaspora infuses Acclaim catalog