LiveJournal Buyout Rumor 274
Aaron B. Russell writes "Om Malik reports that Six Apart are looking to buy blogging community LiveJournal.com. Rumour? I hope so. I seriously hope so. Neither Six Apart nor Danga Interactive (the company behind LiveJournal) have commented on the situation yet. What impact will this have for the users and volunteers over at LiveJournal? Chris Schmidt, a volunteer at LiveJournal, hypothesizes here(1) and here(2) ." Sources close to LiveJournal creator Brad Fitzpatrick say this is just a rumor, and that LJ is not being sold. Update: 01/06 by J : Our sources were way wrong.
Re:FP (Score:4, Funny)
Not being sold... like PeopleSoft? (Score:5, Funny)
Sell it!! (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe the blog menace will go away.
I did my part, now im waiting for yours.
LiveJournal Entry for Jan 5th. (Score:2, Funny)
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Sadly, I fear this will be the end of the LiveJournal Volunteer support system which I strongly support: I met the love of my life via doing support for LiveJournal, and it will be sad to imagine that others will not have that same oppourtunity [sic].
Dang, there go my chances of ever mating in this life. Damn you, Six Apart!
Oh No! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh no! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:LiveJournal (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sell it!! (Score:1, Funny)
It's the Linux to MT's Windows.
Except, unlike Linux, there are hot girls using LJ.
sniff it (Score:2, Funny)
Nerds: one way to detect sarcasm is to notice any surprising detail in any statement, like a Slashdotter demanding more ads, and consider whether the statement in a sarcastic tone rather than "straight". Then, compare its effect as sarcasm with its straight effect, and then choose. In fact, you can usually risk responding to a surprising statement as sarcasm with less danger than risking the reverse. Sure, all this sophistication will require practice, but soon you'll have parallelized the processes enough not to miss a beat. And the cynicism that it generates will help you find an apartment outside your parents' basement.
Wow (Score:4, Funny)
They might as well change the tag line to: "News for supermarket checkout lines, shit that we can neither confirm nor deny."
Re:Sell it!! (Score:2, Funny)
I find this comment totally inappropriate (Score:5, Funny)
timothy
Re:Hopefully not (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sell it!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sell it!! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sell it!! (Score:2, Funny)