[info]shusu in [info]07refugees

tags question

I have a question. I'm toying with the idea of starting a comm on LJ to *actively* help people move (provide tech support, correct misconceptions, and move people *anywhere*, not just InJ, but Wordpress, etc). Sort of like popping a six-pack and getting your friends over to help move.

Anyway, I can wrap my head around everything (icons, commenting, setting up feeds) ... except tags. When I moved, the tags didn't move with me. At 4,000 LJ entries, that's no small thing. Is there a method of moving that will take the tags along too?

BTW if you'd like to form this kind of comm, please do. I have little tech knowledge myself. And increasingly the people left are not hold-outs, they're *stranded*. Also someone who speaks Russian might be an idea -- it seems silly to be separated from a population of bloggers who're living in an even more dire political situation.

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There is a community that does roughly what you have in mind, leavin_eljay on LJ. They have a sister comm leavin_eljay set up on JF, but none on Insanejournal yet.
Once my browser stops freaking out I'll check that out. :D

In your opinion how does it do with
- organization
- knowledge
- hand-holding ?
I have no first-hand experience. my main journal was always on Journalfen, and my LJ was just where I dump my quizzes, so I never needed to move.

My second-hand impression is, they do a a great job for the folks who move to JF, see to it that they can get journals in the first place (account creation on JF is not open) and help with the first steps of settling in and finding people and comms and stuff. I have no idea how they help with the technical side of moving content, over and above to linking to the various tutorials that float around for that.

Their focus is on getting away from LJ, no matter where, but I don't know how well they have other journaling services covered. Just judging from the fact that they have no comm mirror here, I'd imagine they would be very happy to find more IJ-savvy members or affiliate communities or whatever.