Economic Downturns + Internet =????

[rubah]

=== layoffs for a lot of LJ employees. (http://livejournalinc.com/press_releases/20090106.php)

Do you think they're gonna go under?

[Yar]

YAY Now I have an excuse to stop going to LJ! :Eek:

I mean, if I ever need one. :shifty:

[Heath]

I'll be quite annoyed if they do.

As for if there's any risk of them going under, I don't know.

[rubah]

you can archive your journal if you want
ljArchive (http://fawx.com/software/ljarchive/)

[Rye]

I won't lie, I think I might die if LJ went under ever. I just couldn't cope. xD

In any case, I really REALLY doubt it. LJ makes so much money, because it's genuinely great.

[Blue Harvest]

I hope not. I'd hate to have to bitch about my life on msn or in EoEo. At least on LJ nobody has to read or care about it :tongue:

[Moon Rabbits]

Once I had a livejournal and then I realized how stupid it was. Then I went back to my livejournal later and lol'd hard at what I used to write and then promptly deleted it all. Then I made like three new entries over a week, and then I stopped using it again.

So, I don't care ;o All livejournal ever does really is make a bunch of highschool kids bitch at eachother over the internet because they don't have the balls to say anything to eachother in (*gasp*) RL.

[rubah]

or maybe it's an easy way to keep up with people's lives across the globe. *shrugs* whatev

[Rye]

Yeah, it's my only way to communicate with a lot of people.

[Momiji]

Pfft, I don't care. If it goes down, I'll just make another blog elsewhere.

[Moon Rabbits]

or maybe it's an easy way to keep up with people's lives across the globe. *shrugs* whatev

Touche~ But I don't never used it for that really.

Personally I think facebook is more encompassing and more interesting~

[Peegee]

we can just migrate to deadjournal or greatestjournal :)

[Kes]

Oh wow. I know that's how I keep up with a good chunk of my last fandom. It'd suck majorly since we'd all scatter to different blog options.

[Cloudane]

I didn't think the recession thingy was affecting the internets much. It's mostly high-street stores and people with tons of debts. So perhaps there's some other story to it other than the economy...

Well, I suppose all the emos will just find another one :tongue:

[Baloki]

Oh my they're moving more operations to their new Russian HQ, my oh my am I surprised...

[rubah]

I didn't think the recession thingy was affecting the internets much. It's mostly high-street stores and people with tons of debts. So perhaps there's some other story to it other than the economy...

Well, I suppose all the emos will just find another one :tongue:

Go to the General Gaming forum and check out the thread about EGM closing. Then read the part where they're closing down their web side.

Even internet businesses have a basis in the real world. Livejournal has offices in the US and Moscow.

[Peegee]

EGM closing is terrible news. I still haven't unlocked Sheng Long!

(I still haven't unlocked dragon? what?)

[Sephex]

I'd be kind of disappointed. I don't really use my lj too often, but I wouldn't be in much contact with my internet only friends if it went down. However, there would be ways around that.