The sky is falling.

[unixronin]

.....I said, the sky is falling!

... I said, the SKY is FALLING!

... Hello?  Sky?  YO!  SKY!  TALKIN' TO YOU HERE!  I'm WAITING TO SEE some FALLING HERE!

Or, not.  Rumors and galloping hysteria to the contrary, the sky is NOT falling.  LiveJournal is NOT shutting down.  It's not even ceasing US operations.  The garbled rumor about 20 out of 28 US employees being fired is just that — a garbled rumor, and from a gossip blog not renowned for journalistic accuracy at that.  Twelve total jobs, split between the US and Moscow, have been cut.

"LiveJournal Inc.'s headquarters, technical operations (and servers), legal, administration, and the customer service teams will remain in the United States," the release explained. "LiveJournal's global product development and design will now be coordinated out of its Moscow office. The pooling of resources between the U.S. and Russia will allow the company to build a stronger business model, well positioned to guarantee the long-term success of LiveJournal."

You may now all return to running in circles, screaming and shouting.  Carry on.

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[dafydd.livejournal.com]

Eh. It was time for my annual backup, anyway...

;)