{"id":10947,"date":"2007-12-03T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/03\/sup-buys-livejournal\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T11:03:08","slug":"sup-buys-livejournal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/03\/sup-buys-livejournal\/","title":{"rendered":"SUP buys LiveJournal"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Russian (or, Russian born) company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sup.com\/en\/\" title=\"SUP\">SUP<\/a> acquires <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\" title=\"LiveJournal\">LiveJournal<\/a> blog service from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/\">Six Apart<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The two companies have been working together for the last six month or so, with SUP &#8220;taking care&#8221; of the Russian users of LiveJournal, which are an impressive 28% chunk of population.<\/p>\n<p>How do I feel about this?\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some points from the top of my head, that will give you an idea:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have an account with LiveJournal, but I don&#8217;t use it that much myself.\u00c2\u00a0 There are a few blogs there that I read, but this is not by any means a vital service for my web life.<\/li>\n<li>I think that LiveJournal is lagging behind its competitors for some time now.\u00c2\u00a0 It needed a &#8220;push&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think that SUP will be able to &#8220;push&#8221; it.\u00c2\u00a0 For a number of reasons.\u00c2\u00a0 (Russia lags in technological development and understanding.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 SUP is company established by &#8220;an international management team&#8221;, not techies.\u00c2\u00a0 And so on.)<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think that SUP (or any other Russian company for that matter) has enough trust to run a blogging service.\u00c2\u00a0 I think that many bloggers (especially political ones) will look for alternative services.<\/li>\n<li>I have a feeling that monetization of LiveJournal will get a bit more aggressive in the nearest future.<\/li>\n<li>I think that it&#8217;s time for a lot of people to take a look around and learn about other excellent blogging communities, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\">WordPress.com<\/a> for example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Russian (or, Russian born) company SUP acquires LiveJournal blog service from Six Apart.\u00c2\u00a0 The two companies have been working together for the last six month or so, with SUP &#8220;taking care&#8221; of the Russian users of LiveJournal, which are an impressive 28% chunk of population. 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