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fingertrouble) wrote2009-01-06 04:13 pm
fingertrouble) wrote2009-01-06 04:13 pm
Will LJ survive the Crunch?
You maybe should read this article. (via paddbear)
I'm offski to backup my Livejournal, I suggest you do same...not saying that suddenly they will pull the plug, and not going to run around like my head is on fire...but still. The economy doesn't look good and the nice shiny social networks will also feel the hit - it won't be just Woolies and Whittards and M&S.
Just in case.
Oh if you're intending to go to LJBook - don't bother, so many people are using it it's falling over.
To those wanting to backup your journals, I suggest:
LJArchive (Windows) - for a local copy. Doesn't include the graphics locally, so you might want to export it as HTML then 'Save as...' Web page Complete or PDF
InsaneJournal -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bitterlawngnome suggested this, it's a great idea and seems to be a clone of LJ. There are more instructions on his blog which are Mac, Linux and Windows friendly - but for those on Windows I suggest using LJ-SEC to 'repost' your LJ posts to InsaneJournal (more instructions on using LJArchive and LJ-SEC here).
I'm not going anywhere but just in case I am doing this...I already have a local backup, and InsaneJournal will be my secondary ;-)
The only slight FAIL thing about it is it's assuming all the <lj user=> is InsaneJournal rather than LJ, but that's minor. Oh and embedded media goes bye bye, as does tags, mood, location and music - I think if you want the latter you need to do the Python CLI method? I never use them, so...but I'll re-add the YouTube vids etc. from my local copy if need be.
I'm offski to backup my Livejournal, I suggest you do same...not saying that suddenly they will pull the plug, and not going to run around like my head is on fire...but still. The economy doesn't look good and the nice shiny social networks will also feel the hit - it won't be just Woolies and Whittards and M&S.
Just in case.
Oh if you're intending to go to LJBook - don't bother, so many people are using it it's falling over.
To those wanting to backup your journals, I suggest:
LJArchive (Windows) - for a local copy. Doesn't include the graphics locally, so you might want to export it as HTML then 'Save as...' Web page Complete or PDF
InsaneJournal -
bitterlawngnome suggested this, it's a great idea and seems to be a clone of LJ. There are more instructions on his blog which are Mac, Linux and Windows friendly - but for those on Windows I suggest using LJ-SEC to 'repost' your LJ posts to InsaneJournal (more instructions on using LJArchive and LJ-SEC here). I'm not going anywhere but just in case I am doing this...I already have a local backup, and InsaneJournal will be my secondary ;-)
The only slight FAIL thing about it is it's assuming all the <lj user=> is InsaneJournal rather than LJ, but that's minor. Oh and embedded media goes bye bye, as does tags, mood, location and music - I think if you want the latter you need to do the Python CLI method? I never use them, so...but I'll re-add the YouTube vids etc. from my local copy if need be.
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I have always felt that they (LJ) need to further "monetize" this site ...
Its nice to get things for free...but lets be practical..it takes money to run this site
Sure..some will Bolt...but many have too much invested in their journals and their circle of friends. In the end I think (and hope) LJ will survive and flourish
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