Where will we go if LJ shuts down??

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Any ideas/suggestions?

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[ocschwar.livejournal.com]

I have a fully stocked fallout shelter for that kind of emergency.

[ron_newman]

While there is genuine cause for concern, I find the subject line to be needlessly alarmist.

I am trying to learn how to backup all posts and comments in a community.

One of the laid-off people seems to be involved with a possible LJ-replacement project called Dreamwidth.

(Also, I like hrafn's answer below this one.)

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

The Burren has good food and drink.

[richips.livejournal.com]

outside!

yeah not like i am not an addict

[ron_newman]

in this weather?

[ifotismeni]

i say we join the arlington mailing list and overwhelm it with our awesomeness. that list needs a good injection of awesome, srsly.

OK, added an "if"

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

But we know it's going to happen. Companies have no money. Companies cut down on ads. Places like LJ go out of business.

[richips.livejournal.com]

well, it's not shutting down today, or asap, we hope.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Calling Valleywag "genuine cause for concern" is a little like cancelling your trip to Yellowstone for fear of Bigfoot because of an article in the Weekly World News.

So, those people were not actually laid off?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

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[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Also, I've got hosting space and bandwidth like it's cool. if we wanted to move to our own site, I'd donate those resources.

Re: So, those people were not actually laid off?

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Yes, those people were actually laid off.

Valleywag is a schadenfreude rag, however, and anything Nick Denton doesn't like (including *any kind* of "new media" that isn't dedicated to his own personal glory) is his favorite target.

Re: So, those people were not actually laid off?

[ron_newman]

LJ has confirmed that they have laid off 12 of 28 employees, though, including I believe all of the US design and programming staff. So I'll stand on "genuine cause for concern".

[ron_newman]

That's good to know. What sort of server software would you recommend? (An LJ clone, using their open-source code base?)

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Can we change the name to Burrito-tonomy?

Re: So, those people were not actually laid off?

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Again, I'm not denying the layoffs.

how much actual design and development does LJ need to survive? Zero. A LAMP site like this can survive by paying the power and bandwidth bills, maybe with a whole two unix admins (who, by the way, are still very much employed) quite handily for quite some time.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

that or WordPress. If it were up to me to admin the damthing, I'd probably argue in favor of WordPress.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

yanno, they do. I think I ought to go out tonight.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Cultural-Appropriation-Awareness-List

Further, more reputable links

[arrowintwolakes.livejournal.com]

C-Net confirms the layoffs, not the numbers (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132684-36.html).

It should also be kept in mind that lj's been through this sort of thing (and worse) before.

Although one of the guys laid-off has a name pretty close to Beardo, which sounds suspiciously like a Russian supervillain. Perhaps this was a move not instigated by global economic troubles but really a secret manuever by, for instance, the Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[ron_newman]

Hmm, are there any burrito places at all in that entire town? I can't think of one right now.

[ron_newman]

I hope not, but a few minutes ago, it was very sick, and then displayed this message:

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.

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

note they are *not* trying to sweep this under the rug, so at least kudos for knowing information flows. I've seen multinational corps not meet things heads on:

"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. "

[concrete.livejournal.com]

I vote for Facebook. All my previously technophobe relations are already on that.

[ifotismeni]

zocalo has burritos, but it's not a burrito place, just an excellent food place :)