Exit plans

[altariel]

Should LiveJournal go the way of Woolies, you can find me here on GJ, here on IJ, and of course on my blog.

ETA: msmanna, who is wise in these things, recommends JournalFen, and on that I'm here.

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

GJ doesn't seem to be very healthy itself these days - I keep a foothold there, but given they recommend InsaneJournal (http://www.greatestjournal.com/create.bml) themselves I tend to assume that will be the fallback (until it's overwhelmed too).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thanks - 'altariel' is gone there, unfortunately, but it's not like it was the world's best kept secret.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

GJ seems to have serious problems, too. I haven't been able to update for quite some time. I'd be devastated if LJ collapsed, though. All those wonderful posts and comments gone... and I'm too technically challenged to save anything. :(

[altariel.livejournal.com]

People seem to be recommending InsaneJournal and JournalFen.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That will still make me able to save more than a thousand entries. :(

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

If you are too technically challenged, ask one of your technical friends to get lj archive, or lj backup and then sit with them and type in your password (or tell them the password) and let them download all your LJ posts and comments for you.

I hope that helps!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

The Resident Geek has just obligingly run LogJam, the Linux equivalent, for me and it seems to have saved everything, albeit as raw html code.

Trust me with my usual impeccable sense of timing finally to get around to boarding the boat just before it's holed below the waterline... :-(

[manna]

I'll always put my money on Journalfen. I think Bonnie and Robin are too smart to let it grow too fast, or put themselves in a position where they can't afford to maintain it.

(BTW, did you get my mail? Not in an OMG I WANT A REPLY way, just that I used the new address from your info page after the old one bounced.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'll take a look at JournalFen too, thanks.

(I did get your email and I have been beside myself with glee. Bad cold and last minute edits on the DS9 book have stopped me communicating this but - GLEE! GLEE! GLEE!)

(GLEE!)

[manna]

\o/ I have glee at your glee!


Journalfen can be a little flaky, and the site design isn't great (it still says 'Livejournal' in a lot of places, for example) but it's been around for a fair while, now.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Doesn't seem to be accepting new accounts when I looked just now...

[manna]

You can buy an account, or get someone already on there to request a creation code for you. Basically, it's the old system which used to be in place on LJ, which is one reason I have faith in JF sticking around, because the owners keep control of the site growth.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

OK, I'll buy one if it becomes necessary...

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Yes, I tried to create a journal there and it said journal creation was temporarily switched off to deal with the bots ...

so I'd be interested in how you get a journal there too!

[manna]

The paid account page signup page is here. Once you have the journal, you don't need to keep paying to keep it active, I don't think.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I'm rivrea on IJ as well! I think I have still got an GJ account somewhere, but the site has been suffering from quite a few problems lately. Might be worth checking out JF too.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It turns out I already have a JF account, and I've set one up on IJ too.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Since I have just found out that there are no free accounts at JF, I will probably wait until the proverbial shit actually hits the fan (or fandom, in this case?); but I will friend on IJ, just in case.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I'm already on GJ, but have just added myself to IJ as well, under the same name.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Got you on IJ.

[kerravonsen]

I already have an IJ account, which I don't use.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Friended you there.

[trixieleitz]

Have friended you on IJ. I also have a GJ (same ID), but don't think it's worth investing much effort in it.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Got you at IJ.

[greylin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up. I am greylin on IJ and JF and have friended you on both.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Found you. BTW, I am una_mccormack on IJ - 'altariel' was unfortunately already gone.

[greylin.livejournal.com]

Oops - glad you pointed that out!

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

I have a GJ (if still active? must check!) but the best suggestion I've seen so far is this helpful note from the OTW people: You can create a User: page for yourself on Fanlore. (All those "If LJ goes away" posts on LJ are kind of useless if LJ actually goes away!) You can put all your pseuds, journals, websites, and other contact info on your User: page, and the wiki is searchable and obviously updatable, so folks will always know where to find you.

Off to update my user page...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a very good idea, thanks...

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I just created an IJ myself (just in case), and have friended you there. Let's hope it just remains a backup!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Got you!

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

And I got you back!

[greylin.livejournal.com]

Someone who clearly has an axe to grind (I apologise for creating this link) would have us believe that GJ has gone for good. I certainly can't reach it today, perhaps because it has been swamped by a tidal wave of anxious LJ users.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Phew, that was some bile on that page!