Either way, it will be something to talk to those LJ users about when the time comes for interviews! Yesterday I was in a total panic about it today IвЂ™m a bit more zen. Either I go with the three months of observational data that I have already (instead of six) or I will follow those folks to any new services they migrate to. If LJ stops existing, I will have to figure out what to do. SiteSucker can be used to make local copies of Web sites. It does this by asynchronously copying the site's webpages, images, PDFs, style sheets, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure. The dissertation, on the other handвЂ¦ 65% of my dissertation participants use LiveJournal. SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet. (I have archived my five years of LJ postings, thoughвЂ¦ I would hate to lose all of that.) I can connect with friends on Facebook, I can blog here and at my hobby blog and at my kidвЂ™s blog and I can turn what has been my media consumption blog / personal website into the personal blog. But for my personal blogging, I can live without it. LiveJournal announced yesterday that they have cut a significant proportion (20%) of their US workforce ( marketingvox story) and there has been much hand-wringing of the вЂњwhere do we go from here?вЂќ sort amongst my LiveJournal friends.ДЇor my personal bloggingвЂ¦ I like LJ for the security features it provides, and some of what I post there probably would just never get written in any вЂњpublicвЂќ forum if I didnвЂ™t have those features.

Tags: dissertation, livejournal, monkey wrench, progress, social media The possible demise of Livejournal and what it means toВ meвЂ¦ JanuPosted by Sarah in bloggers&blogging, progress.

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