Apparently, the Russian company that owns LJ laid of a sizable portion of their US staff, blaming the economic situation. This rather tepid news has turned into a fever of speculation that LJ might be dying ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I mentioned my move over to identi.ca, but I gave the site short shrift. The service, and more to the point, the underlying engine, Laconica represents a sea change in social networks ( Read more... )