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LiveJournal Buyout Rumor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the until-brad-says-so dept.

Aaron B. Russell writes "Om Malik reports that Six Apart are looking to buy blogging community LiveJournal.com. Rumour? I hope so. I seriously hope so. Neither Six Apart nor Danga Interactive (the company behind LiveJournal) have commented on the situation yet. What impact will this have for the users and volunteers over at LiveJournal? Chris Schmidt, a volunteer at LiveJournal, hypothesizes here(1) and here(2) ." Sources close to LiveJournal creator Brad Fitzpatrick say this is just a rumor, and that LJ is not being sold. Update: 01/06 by J : Our sources were way wrong.

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  1. Why LJ? by KinkifyTheNation · · Score: 5, Informative

    Even if something does happen, there's always other LJ variants out there, such as DeadJournal and GreatestJournal if your privacy is concerned.

    And as hypothesis #2 states the removal of some features, the other variants will almost always have them.
    Livejournal isn't the only journal site out there.

  2. Oh no! by spellraiser · · Score: 5, Funny
    Chris Schmidt has, among other things, this to say:

    Sadly, I fear this will be the end of the LiveJournal Volunteer support system which I strongly support: I met the love of my life via doing support for LiveJournal, and it will be sad to imagine that others will not have that same oppourtunity [sic].

    Dang, there go my chances of ever mating in this life. Damn you, Six Apart!

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  3. LJ staff hasn't spoken up about it yet... by Kingfox · · Score: 5, Informative

    See LJers freak about it here.

  4. Oh No! by Alan · · Score: 5, Funny

    OH dea, I hope this doesn't mean the end of random, attention seeking girls showing their boobs off to their LJ friends to get comments! Say it ain't so!

  5. I find this comment totally inappropriate by timothy · · Score: 5, Funny

    since it comes with no supporting links.

    timothy

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  6. LJ seems to be what most think about blogs by ShatteredDream · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So much of the criticism about blogging that I have seen seems to be embodied in LJ. Most of the real blogs I have seen that use WordPress or MovableType seem to be done by people who are at least semi-serious about what they write. Most MT users I have seen, for example, put at least a modicum of thought into what they write and it's rarely about their life unless it affects the direction of the blog or is amusing to the readers.

    LJs are appropriate for people who want to help people in their lives who are far away keep up with what's going on in their life and stuff like that. They don't seem to be very useful for much else. Blogs on the other hand tend to be focused on issues like politics, coding, music, etc.

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