There’s been some buzz on Live Journal recently because LJ’s owners have laid off some folks. This isn’t really surprising considering that we’re in a recession. However, LJ was purchased most recently for $30million and isn’t pulling in the revenue that the owners apparently were anticipating. So LJ’s eventual fate is up in the air.
A lot of folks are backing up their LJ accounts using LJ Archive and other sources, so they don’t lose what they’ve written. Others are talking about leaving LJ and going to LJ clones like Insane Journal or non-LJ-based blogging platforms like Blogger or WordPress.
I have been using WordPress for awhile now. I own my own domain and use Lunar Pages for my hosting. I’ve been with Lunar Pages for at least five years, and have had nothing but positive experiences with them. I am hosted for less than $100 a year and have a huge wad of easily installed (often one-click installations) programs and add-ons, including WordPress. Other installations include other blogging platforms, content management systems, WIKIs, FAQs, photo galleries, at least one kind of forum, shopping carts, all kinds of stuff. I have something like 999 email addresses and subdomains. I’ve been able to reach real human beings both over the phone and via email (email responses are very quick), and every question has been answered quickly and completely. Fantastic customer service!
Unlike Dreamhost, which also has one-click (or one-button) WordPress installation, Lunar Pages allows you to upload themes, add-ons, and widgets to really customize your WordPress experience. I usually use SmartFTP to upload things, then go into the WordPress control panel to active/deactivate stuff.
I use LJ-XP to crosspost from WordPress to LiveJournal. It was easy to set up and install, and it’s very customizable and easy to use. I can chose if I’m going to crosspost stuff or not, set privacy settings, can customize the header and chose to allow comments just on LJ, just on WordPress, on both, whatever. It’s been super easy to use, and I really enjoy not having to worry as much about censorship, being deleted accidentally or because of Right Wing persecution, about LJ going belly up, what have you. I have greater control over my words and my archives.
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