once again, reports of LJ's death are, well, you know.

[lagilman]

An official update on the LJ layoffs -- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132684-36.html

"A statement from the company came after a rumor on gossip blog Gawker suggested that a shocking number of LiveJournal employees--20 out of 28--had been cut. LiveJournal clarified that it was "about a dozen" cuts, amounting to about a fifth of the company."

Considering the general state of the economy, I'd say LJ is right in line with everyone else. Better to re-up your paid account rather than flee and help sink it for certain....

Comments

[e-booklover.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the positive update :)

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Offtopic -- you mentioned a blog you'd like to read but can't because it's white-on-black.

You need the "zap colors" bookmarklet. Drag it to your bookmarks bar, click it, and wham! any page is suddenly black on white. I could not read many of my friends' pages without it.

https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the tech industry in 2009. Everybody I know is nervous. (Yeah, everybody everywhere is nervous. Tech people are nervous because most companies cut tech spending in bad times, so we're economic canaries of a sort.)

[windrose.livejournal.com]

I'm not abandoning ship, but I do have a lifeboat standing by, Just In Case.

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

That they were cut and not offered any severance pay was a bit upsetting.

I've got a permanent account, but I've also backed up my LJ.

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

I'm not going anywhere, but I do plan on backing up my LJ.