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LiveJournal Buyout Confirmed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-beginnings dept.

Kingfox writes "Brad Fitzpatrick, creator of LiveJournal, finally confirms the story that was posted to Slashdot yesterday. Six Apart has purchased Danga. This means that they're moving to San Francisco, LiveJournal users are finally getting the trackback feature, but the project will stay open source, and little else will change for the end user."

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  1. Thank goodness for TrackBack by FleaPlus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    TrackBack is a damned handy system, which lets you see which other blogs have linked to a particular post that you've made. It's seen in many of the more "professional" blogs, and it's a great tool for finding out about commentary on your posts. I was actually thinking of ditching LiveJournal for a service which supported TrackBack, but I guess I'll now be able to stick around.

  2. Hey, amateur porn is where it's at... by Grendel+Drago · · Score: 4, Informative

    So long as the amateur porn stays in place, and I can continue to co-admin my porn community, then all is well. (You need to get an account to read the community, and list a valid 18+ birthdate, and submit a join-request. This is so the community doesn't get deleted. It's a CYA maneuver by the livejournal administration to ensure that everybody who watches porn can lie about their age.)

    --grendel drago

    --
    Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
  3. Re:Changes by somethinghollow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One thing I hope they change is getting more / faster servers. That site is really slow. Sadly, all my friends blog on it. So, I have to brave the slowness every once in awhile.

    Another thing that I hope they change, though it has no bearing on me since I don't blog there, is their theme system. It's pretty convoluted to learn. I don't know why they don't just let you use CSS. 90% of the custom themes I've seen could be done with the right HTML and some CSS. At least then after you spent hours working on your LJ page with CSS, you could use it in the "real world." After learning LJ formatting, all you can do is format LJ (AFAIK).

  4. Re:Well by Anubis350 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I notice you're a subscriber to slashdot. Do you have these same arguments about slashdot (bought by corporation, lots of adverts, etc). This is just like when /. was bought by OSDN, and just like slashdot, LJ is and will remain open source. Why are the two any different....

    I call hypocrite...

    --Anubis

    --
    "goodbye and hello, as always" ~Prince Corwin, from Zelazny's Amber series
  5. Though everyone complains about LJ... by shawnywany · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I tried getting my journal back on my domain for good, but I just cannot leave a couple of Livejournal's features.

    One, I keep a tightly-knit friends-list, and sadly enough, those people would not read my journal regularly if it were not on Livejournal. On LJ, it's just a matter of opening up the "friends page" and seeing all of your friends' entries at once. Handy and keeps you and your buddies close, even if you rarely have the chance to really chat or talk.

    Two, I adore the communities. When I need information on some subject, there's always a community. Not only that, but it's usually active. I prefer having a human helping hand rather than that of a search engine; both at once are even better (ha.) For example, I trust the ladies at the VaginaPagina community to relate experiences and help--especially since everyone is there to do just that.

    I used to scoff at LJ, but now that I'm there, I just can't leave.

  6. LJ Backup/Export to XML by NeuralAbyss · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wrote this script after hearing the rumours.. can also be a good thing if you just want a backup of your livejournal.

    LJExport v0.1

    Any comments are welcome.. released under the BSD license.