Comments | jasonfranks: The time has come

jasonfranks

The time has come

Sep 13, 2012 20:44

The time has come, dear Livejournalling friends ( Read more... )

Comments 8

dewline September 13 2012, 10:54:18 UTC

The icon says it for me.

jasonfranks September 13 2012, 10:58:21 UTC

I just don't have any compelling reason to stay here anymore. I think it makes me look amateurish and I really don't need any help with that from third parties.

I will still be able to follow those few of you who post here out of my RSS reader but it feels foolish to operate a blog here solely so I can read three other people's blogs in one place..

def_fr0g_42 September 13 2012, 16:14:44 UTC

It's been an honor serving with you, sir.

I'll keep an eye out for the new site.

jasonfranks September 13 2012, 23:41:58 UTC

It has indeed, Agent Def.

9mmed September 15 2012, 02:05:26 UTC

JESUS< it's tough to quit LJ outright. It used to be something grand, and warm, and homey. Thanks to FB it's a ghost town, a seaside vacation village where Disney built a resort next to. Memories and chipping paint. Old-timers talking about blogs of days gone by...

I'll keep it up as long as they'll not shut themselves down, but my recent LIFE is on here. Damn. Damn, damn.

jasonfranks September 16 2012, 00:36:33 UTC

Yeah man, I know it. I went back and archived all my old posts and the very first one says, basically,t hat I only joined so I could keep up with all my friends who are on here. Now there's almost nobody left.

The technology is old, the business model is old, and they just can't keep the spammers out. I'll keep this account open but I'm not going to link to it anymore and new content needs to go where people will see it.

9mmed September 18 2012, 02:42:26 UTC

What did you do to archive it, and did it take a long time?

jasonfranks September 18 2012, 04:23:51 UTC

I used the SEMAGIC client (downloadbale from here): http://sourceforge.net/projects/lochjournal/files/stable/2.2/ljsetup-2.2.exe/download?use_mirror=nchc&download=

It's a bit hokey but it works okay once you figure it out. Downloads everything into html. Didn't take too long, but I didn't download any pictures or comments; just the journal entries.

I think that one is PC only. You might have better luck with one of the Mac clients:

http://www.livejournal.com/download/?platform=Macintosh