2009-01-06

koganbot: (Default)
2009-01-06 11:16 am

Just in case

FYI in case lj shuts down:

my email is edcasual at earthlink dot net

Perhaps we should have a thread on [livejournal.com profile] poptimists about contingency plans if lj actually does go down.

For those not following the story, livejournal laid off a whole hunk of its San Francisco staff, 13 of 30 people says one news site, 20 of 28 says another. Its own not-very-informative statement (at least according to this site) goes:

Expandlj's not very informative statement )

I'm curious if anyone knows what LiveJournal's business model was at the start, and what it is now - as in, how they make their money.

Someone spammed a comment thread with good words about this journal sharing site [EDIT: Insane Journal]. But again, can such a site really get a consistent source of income?

By the way, all along I've been downloading most of the journal entries/comment threads where I've made a comment.