Considering the LJ code is actually open source, there is little barrier to entry. Hmm... Let's see if Tom gets his 1U server up and running, then we can start thinking about branching from there.
The biggest shame, however, is the loss of all that data. I've often said, it's not so much the initial post, but rather the replies to that post that are the real "meat" of the community. A blog isn't so much owned by a person, but rather those who contribute to it, and when a person decides to delete their account, *all* that "meat" goes away, without the consent of the other contributers.
The other, is the network effect. There are going to be many people on your Flist who won't hop on over to the new system. Of course, LJ does make it easy to subscribe to those people via RSS, so while it's not the same, at least you can keep abreast on posts.
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Date: 2007-12-01 06:19 pm (UTC)The biggest shame, however, is the loss of all that data. I've often said, it's not so much the initial post, but rather the replies to that post that are the real "meat" of the community. A blog isn't so much owned by a person, but rather those who contribute to it, and when a person decides to delete their account, *all* that "meat" goes away, without the consent of the other contributers.
The other, is the network effect. There are going to be many people on your Flist who won't hop on over to the new system. Of course, LJ does make it easy to subscribe to those people via RSS, so while it's not the same, at least you can keep abreast on posts.