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Over the years I archived over 12000 (TWELVE THOUSAND!!!) images on LiveJournal. Whenever there was a new platform I tried it (I'm BeeLikeJ all over the internet) yet I've never found such a great combination of journaling, community and image archiving as on LJ.
I have a permanent account on LJ (these were only occasionally available; it means I don't have to pay anymore charges and Livejournal shows me no ads). I have a Blogspot, a Twitter, an InsaneJournal (!), a Tumblr, an Instagram, a Pillowfort and a (paid) Dreamwidth account, pretty much from the start. I also moderate a lot of communities on most of these platforms.
I had a Photobucket from before LJ's scrapbook, which I managed to back-up when that site went kablooy.
I've been crossposting from Dreamwidth for years, automatically when available and by hand now that LJ has shut down that option. So I have a back-up of all my posts online, but my images remain linked from LJ only.
When word went around that LJ might be cut off, I tried to find a way to safeguard my images as well. I found two easy methods!
( Turn your journal or blog into a pdf book )
( Download your LJ-scrapbook (photo-albums) )
I feel so relieved to have my own back-up now, hope this helps anyone who was looking for ways to save their journal stuff:)
J.
X-posted to https://beelikej.livejournal.com/573870.html
I have a permanent account on LJ (these were only occasionally available; it means I don't have to pay anymore charges and Livejournal shows me no ads). I have a Blogspot, a Twitter, an InsaneJournal (!), a Tumblr, an Instagram, a Pillowfort and a (paid) Dreamwidth account, pretty much from the start. I also moderate a lot of communities on most of these platforms.
I had a Photobucket from before LJ's scrapbook, which I managed to back-up when that site went kablooy.
I've been crossposting from Dreamwidth for years, automatically when available and by hand now that LJ has shut down that option. So I have a back-up of all my posts online, but my images remain linked from LJ only.
When word went around that LJ might be cut off, I tried to find a way to safeguard my images as well. I found two easy methods!
( Turn your journal or blog into a pdf book )
( Download your LJ-scrapbook (photo-albums) )
I feel so relieved to have my own back-up now, hope this helps anyone who was looking for ways to save their journal stuff:)
J.
X-posted to https://beelikej.livejournal.com/573870.html
