Just when I was making myself at home...

[almostwitty]

LiveJournal ... has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no severance (spotted via nicnac). As veterans of the last dotcom crash know, websites have a nasty habit of disappearing overnight, leaving a deafening silence in the void.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd highly suggest backing up all entries, and figuring out an alternative solution for blogging, just in case. Which is a huge shame, because the friends-feature on LJ is something I just have not found anywhere else. Any suggestions for backups or alternatives?

Anyway, in case the Nostromo signs off, I'm also to be found on almostwitty.com

UPDATE: Backup options available from LJ, LJBook and LJArchive

UPDATE 2: The end is not yet, in fact, nigh. at least not yet.

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[shove-this-job.livejournal.com]

LJBook is at max right now, everyone is backingup apparently, I am going to try LJ.

Paul started at SixApart back when they were just that - 6 kids. Then they started LJ, and then the Russians came, and then the huge server move in the middle of an economic downturn, and well, surprise surprise people are going to get laid off.

[almostwitty]

"Oh, those Russians" to quote Boney-M. Although of course all companies will make cutbacks now.

Who's Paul anyway?

I'm half thinking someone ought to launch a management buyout that just keeps the core service going as a low-cost, low-revenue concern.