Sorry for the spam, but I just remembered...
Have you guys heard about the current LJ drama? Apparently, they've laid off 20 out of 28 "a few dozen" employees, and now everyone is worried that it's going to go belly up. I can't blame them--if LJ goes belly up, it's clones are sure to follow. I'm going to try and get lj archive working on my computer so I can back up everything just in case. After the disaster that happened last year, I'm not taking any chances.
Although, I must say--I really do have a lot more confidence in Squeaky than I do in LJ. For one thing, the rule of all things is thus: the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Trust me, if it's one thing I've learned from running my own company (at 20 years of age), it's that (and yes, it was my company--it was in my name, for tax reasons. ;) ). The less expenses you have, the less debt you have--and the more you have, the more debt you will have when you're checkbook goes in the red. I have met men who were millionaires and lost their entire fortune in three weeks. It does happen. It's been happening steadily since fall last year, and it'll continue to happen until the ecomony restarts itself, and the world gets a huge booster shot. Doh!
Anyway, I don't know of LJ will actually fail, but if it does... things will get interesting. Imagine the huge flow into IJ. *ponders if the servers will handle that*
/morbid thought of the day.
All this has reminded me to wish you well, though. If you're struggling, you have my prayers and sympathy. The world is in a dark place, but the sun's still shining, isn't it?
EDIT: Okay, I've found some alternatives. If you're really, really worried about this:
LJ Dump works on both Linux and Mac. Yay! Instructions here.
The actual LJ archive download only works on Windows, but if you have Wine on Linux, it *almost* works. It needs the .net framework, though, which is a pain in the ass to install, so... yeah. Heh!
There's also this page, if you can understand it. Which I can't. ^^
...and there are others, if you need them! :D
Although, I must say--I really do have a lot more confidence in Squeaky than I do in LJ. For one thing, the rule of all things is thus: the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Trust me, if it's one thing I've learned from running my own company (at 20 years of age), it's that (and yes, it was my company--it was in my name, for tax reasons. ;) ). The less expenses you have, the less debt you have--and the more you have, the more debt you will have when you're checkbook goes in the red. I have met men who were millionaires and lost their entire fortune in three weeks. It does happen. It's been happening steadily since fall last year, and it'll continue to happen until the ecomony restarts itself, and the world gets a huge booster shot. Doh!
Anyway, I don't know of LJ will actually fail, but if it does... things will get interesting. Imagine the huge flow into IJ. *ponders if the servers will handle that*
/morbid thought of the day.
All this has reminded me to wish you well, though. If you're struggling, you have my prayers and sympathy. The world is in a dark place, but the sun's still shining, isn't it?
EDIT: Okay, I've found some alternatives. If you're really, really worried about this:
LJ Dump works on both Linux and Mac. Yay! Instructions here.
The actual LJ archive download only works on Windows, but if you have Wine on Linux, it *almost* works. It needs the .net framework, though, which is a pain in the ass to install, so... yeah. Heh!
There's also this page, if you can understand it. Which I can't. ^^
...and there are others, if you need them! :D
Too bad I don't understand how to use ANY of those backup things! Where do they save the data anyways?
Thanks for the info.
Anyway, there's also the traffic issue--all those users will go to either IJ or GJ and GJ really doesn't look good right now (in fact, the creator left the site and it's not even being maintained anymore, from what I'm hearing). IJ may be decent now, but all those new users (even more than during the strikethrough) could be major chaos that squeaky won't be able to handle. I have faith in him, but really, LJ is huge and our servers are only so big.
But this is all just be talking out of my bum. Hee! I honestly don't think LJ will crash. ^^