Is this it?
Mar. 10th, 2022 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thagirionI regret not posting more recently. I have been very busy with real life. I'll talk some about that soon. But anyway, I only found out today that today could be the very last day of Live Journal. I so hate that it was sold to the Russians years ago and tomorrow March 11, 2022 it's possible Russia may be closing internet to the world. I won't be losing anything. You guys know I back everything up. I've been saying it for years too. Get a Dreamwidth. This could be it, guys. This could be the end. Please PLEASE make a dreamwidth and join me there if you do not have one already. I always said the only thing that could make me ever leave here or any of the few other online sites I frequent would be the destruction of said sites. Anyway, found the warning too late HERE
And here's the copy paste post from that group.
Do you have a plan?
If LiveJournal can not be accessed after March 11 because Russia is going to cut itself off from the global Internet (LJ is owned by a Russiaa company, if you did not know) do you have plans to post somewhere else?
A lot of people are moving do Dreamwidth, which is similar to LJ because it was developed by former LJ employees.
If you do go to DW, here are a couple of LJ posts by users to Help;
Backing Up Your LJ Data
How to Sync Your LiveJournal to DW
If LJ does fold up, it was a good run. I've enjoyed being a member of this community. I wish I had discovered it sooner.
ETA: Open call to anyone still listening - archiving old LJ comms;
If you modded LiveJournal communities back in the day, please consider archiving them to Dreamwidth NOW. So much 2000s internet history lives there, and if LJ falls off the internet (as it very well might, depending on how things go in Russia in the near future), links will break and vast amounts of it will be lost. Wayback Machine only captures public posts; a Dreamwidth import can pull in locked posts and comments, and allow people to view them by joining the comm.
Oh man, I do not have my groups backed up though and I think it's too late for that now. The only one I'd regret losing is Cucurbitacea as there were lots of posts there with good photos. Not only that but I had actually won an LJ award back when LJ was still American. I find it appropriate to use the Ahab icon. I told you guys I'm going down with the ship. I knew it was sinking but I refuse to get off. Well if everything is gone tomorrow I laugh at the enemies that never were able to defeat me. I cry (in my mind at least as it's super hard to make me cry about anything) about the lost good times and friends I made here. I'll miss the unique posting abilities. Even DW did not compare to the layouts, permanent accounts, icons, customization and such that LJ has/had.
So as far as what's been going on. I went to Miami last weekend to pick out my puppy. Did a solo trip over night. Met the breeder and had a nice time. Puppy was 4 weeks old so I didn't get to bring her home. Will come back with her next month at the start of April. I can't wait. I've been busy getting the house ready. I have not had time for anything on the internet. LJ, DA and YT have all been neglected. I just haven't been on other than watching how to videos on dog care. It's late and I'm tried and I'm shocked and saddened about the sudden news about LJ. I've been here since Oct 18, 2004. So anyway my DW is https://thagirion.dreamwidth.org/
I hope it doesn't come to that.
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And here's the copy paste post from that group.
Do you have a plan?
If LiveJournal can not be accessed after March 11 because Russia is going to cut itself off from the global Internet (LJ is owned by a Russiaa company, if you did not know) do you have plans to post somewhere else?
A lot of people are moving do Dreamwidth, which is similar to LJ because it was developed by former LJ employees.
If you do go to DW, here are a couple of LJ posts by users to Help;
Backing Up Your LJ Data
How to Sync Your LiveJournal to DW
If LJ does fold up, it was a good run. I've enjoyed being a member of this community. I wish I had discovered it sooner.
ETA: Open call to anyone still listening - archiving old LJ comms;
If you modded LiveJournal communities back in the day, please consider archiving them to Dreamwidth NOW. So much 2000s internet history lives there, and if LJ falls off the internet (as it very well might, depending on how things go in Russia in the near future), links will break and vast amounts of it will be lost. Wayback Machine only captures public posts; a Dreamwidth import can pull in locked posts and comments, and allow people to view them by joining the comm.
Oh man, I do not have my groups backed up though and I think it's too late for that now. The only one I'd regret losing is Cucurbitacea as there were lots of posts there with good photos. Not only that but I had actually won an LJ award back when LJ was still American. I find it appropriate to use the Ahab icon. I told you guys I'm going down with the ship. I knew it was sinking but I refuse to get off. Well if everything is gone tomorrow I laugh at the enemies that never were able to defeat me. I cry (in my mind at least as it's super hard to make me cry about anything) about the lost good times and friends I made here. I'll miss the unique posting abilities. Even DW did not compare to the layouts, permanent accounts, icons, customization and such that LJ has/had.
So as far as what's been going on. I went to Miami last weekend to pick out my puppy. Did a solo trip over night. Met the breeder and had a nice time. Puppy was 4 weeks old so I didn't get to bring her home. Will come back with her next month at the start of April. I can't wait. I've been busy getting the house ready. I have not had time for anything on the internet. LJ, DA and YT have all been neglected. I just haven't been on other than watching how to videos on dog care. It's late and I'm tried and I'm shocked and saddened about the sudden news about LJ. I've been here since Oct 18, 2004. So anyway my DW is https://thagirion.dreamwidth.org/
I hope it doesn't come to that.
.