Heads up

[effervescent]

PSA: LJ is going to be doing a purge of suspended accounts, followed by a purge of inactive accounts.

Anyone who has/knows of a journal or community that has been inactive for more than 24 months will want to keep an eye on this postLJ is first doing a purge of suspended/deleted accounts, but then will be moving on to inactive journals/communities

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[ancarett]

I wouldn't mind this for journals that weren't used or abandoned after one or two entries (so much!) but there are some old ficathon and icontest communities I'd hate to see disappear. I've just posted in badcliche, for instance, to keep it from disappearing!

[threnody]

There are steps to be taken for dead LJers. I'm not sure what they *are*, but they're marked to not be deleted in dead account purges.

[effervescent]

I need to ask as to whether or not someone who *isn't* a family member can mark these accounts to save them from deletion... Because if that's not the case, there are definitely some accounts that are going to be lost, that still might have LJ friends who liked to go back to them.

[nimbrethil]

One thing to do, if at all possible...with dreamwidth it is possible to archive an entire journal, comments and all. Some of these accounts, if someone has access to them somehow, could try to back them up that way.

[nightfalltwen]

LJ made an edit: A journal is defined as inactive if it has not been logged into for 24 consecutive months and has only one post (i.e., the welcome post). A community is defined as inactive if has not been updated for 24 consecutive months and has only one entry and no comments.

[aldehyde]

accounts belonging to deceased users can be put on memorial status as long as lj is informed by family and/or friends.