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Addressing Recent Economic Worries.

squeaky

1/6/09 09:30 am

With the recent economic downturn there are a lot of businesses that are in trouble out there. They can't get loans to pay their bills, and are unable to keep running in the red. It seems that even the site that started all of this, LiveJournal, has been having problems. I want to write here in this space to let you know that IJ isn't going anywhere. And we are able to handle another influx of users if that needs to happen.

I have always taken pride in being able to keep this site running in the black. And between the ads that run on the site and the various paid accounts and rename tokens that all of you continue to purchase, we are able to stay that way. We do not have any debt to pay off nor do we have any investors that we need to keep happy. While we have felt this economic downturn ourselves, we are only affected in that we are unable to keep building a cash reserve, but we are still able to pay the bills every month.

Hopefully this will reassure you that we are not going anywhere, and I have no intention of shutting down or reducing the services on InsaneJournal at any point in the foreseeable future.

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ding
1/6/09 08:43 am (UTC)

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SQUEAKY! :)
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call_me_chas
1/6/09 08:49 am (UTC)

Yay, Squeaky!! Good for you. It's nice to know we can count on something.
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moony_garou
1/6/09 08:55 am (UTC)

Thank you for letting us know. :)
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keleos
1/6/09 08:58 am (UTC)

I am very thankful. With the way other things have gone lately, IJ and the fun I have here is one of my bright spots, one of my silver linings. I don't know what I'd do without the stress relief I get here. Thank you, Squeaky.
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sternenstaub
1/6/09 09:04 am (UTC)

Oh, thank goodness for that. :) Will you be holding another "extra icons etc" ...thing sale any time soon?
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- (no subject) - jeremysisto
Thank you.
i_want_2
1/6/09 09:10 am (UTC)

This is very good to hear. I am happy that this continues to be a place where we can come to enjoy ourselves.
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ladylark
1/6/09 09:25 am (UTC)

Thank you so much. This is one of the few places that I have where I can forget about my worries for a little while. I am very glad to hear that it's not going anywhere.

*hugs you*

I know it's not easy, but we are thankful for all that you do for us.
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bridgetmkennitt
1/6/09 09:37 am (UTC)

Thank you for the reassurance. :)
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qafmaniac
1/6/09 09:41 am (UTC)

These are good news and you're making me very happy with this!!! ♥
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gintoki
1/6/09 09:51 am (UTC)

That's awesome to know. Thank you! :D
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playswithknives
1/6/09 09:54 am (UTC)

on LJ you had to hustle to post in official threads to get in before the wank started. on IJ you have to hustle to get in a thread before declarations of undying love begin.

you might want to put a couple more servers on layaway by the way...
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5124184/the-russian-bear-slashes-a-social-network
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elke_tanzer
1/6/09 10:01 am (UTC)

Yay Squeaky! Yay IJ!
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deborak
1/6/09 10:10 am (UTC)

Thanks for the update and for your smart business decisions. Long live IJ!
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laudanum
1/6/09 10:11 am (UTC)

I just signed up today, as a result of hearing about the job cuts over at LJ. I didn't realise you guys existed otherwise I'd have been here sooner.
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alisanne
1/6/09 10:15 am (UTC)

Thank for keeping us informed.
Yay Squeaky!
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dee_groovy
1/6/09 10:21 am (UTC)

glad to hear it Squeaky :)

plus, you know you can always do another permenant account sale, if you need funds :D

I bought two permenant accounts (personal and fanfic) during the big sale, and I'm so glad I did :D
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adriana_is
1/6/09 10:27 am (UTC)

This is very good to know in light of what's going on at LJ. I have a free account here and if LJ goes down, you'll definitely get my business.
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maureenlycaon
1/6/09 10:29 am (UTC)

Thank you for the reassurance, squeaky.
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xie_xie_xie
1/6/09 10:35 am (UTC)

Could you rock my world more?

I think not.
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mirabile_dictu
1/6/09 10:39 am (UTC)

Adding my vote of thanks for this note -- I am concerned whether you'll be able to handle another influx of LJers, so this is good to know.

Thank you! I wish you continued (and increasing) success.
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techno_goddess
1/6/09 10:40 am (UTC)

Squeaky, I just Tweeted about how awesome you are and how great IJ is. A lot of my old LJ friends follow me on Twitter and I hope to finally get them on board over here. I really love the way you run InsaneJournal. Thanks for all you do.
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ex_maddenj277
1/6/09 10:42 am (UTC)

everytime i try to post in a community i get this:

Error logging on: Client error: No username sent.
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ashylogic
1/6/09 10:51 am (UTC)

I'd like to encourage you again to consider allowing paid accounts and extra userpics to be bought on a monthly or two month cycle. You would increase your volume of sales as a lot of your userbase are struggling college students who find it easier to pay for their journal or journals if they have multiple rp accounts, in smaller payments than in six month increments.

Thanks for all you do with keeping the site up and running, and keeping us in the loop.
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randomsome1
1/6/09 10:55 am (UTC)

Ij forever!
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atom_bunny
1/6/09 10:59 am (UTC)

<3 Squeaky!!

I'm really pleased that you are not going anywhere. IJ is my blogging home.

I do have to admit that I'd miss LJ if it did go down the tubes as I visit a lot of communities there, but if it did go down then the fandoms would have to go somewhere wouldn't they?. ^_^
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