What is happening to lj?

[120cassie]

I have heard on various posts now that lj may be closing down. They are apparently running on a skeleton staff.. Does anyone know anything about it?

Here is a link to one of the posts and, as I know some people won't want to lose their work there is also info regarding archiving your journal..

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[fuzzy_carpet]

I expect something "official" to come down the pipe soon (after all, it only happened yesterday) but in the meantime someone on the LJ Community no_lj_ads has been compiling links and concrete information here:

http://community.livejournal.com/no_lj_ads/83519.html

Not cut down to a "skeleton staff", as some have reported, but the move is a necessary cost-cutting measure. My guess is that their ad revenue (where the bulk of the site's income comes from) has pretty-much dried up due to the global economic downturn.

Backing up one's Journal is always a good move, but IMHO LJ isn't going anywhere just yet. (Though the end of Free Accounts might well be nigh.)

~T

[chrissymunder]

*crawling out from under my rock*

Oh hell.

*crawls back under*