Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal?
Wow.
Holy crap, folks, this is as big as it gets. This is Cingular buys AT&T. This is huge.
I think this will be great for both parties. 6A gets a huge boost in users, LJ gets the feature development that they sorely need. This has the potential to be a big deal.
Best of luck to all!
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Six Apart to buy LiveJournal?
Summary: Whoa, Six Apart is poised to buy LiveJournal!...
Comments:
It gets them an immediate boost in users, but I'm having a hard time seeing how SA will ever turn LJ members into paying customers. LJ is dominated by teenagers - not a group known for paying for stuff they can find free somewhere else on the web.
Posted by Chris on January 5, 2005 — 7:34 AM
I don't expect the free service that LJ provides to go away, but I can certainly expect to see an improvement in the paid service, possibly with an exchange of technology (dial a post, easy poll tech) between MT and TypePad and LJ. This really could be a seriously big deal.
Posted by Tom Bridge on January 5, 2005 — 7:51 AM
and the LJers have their panties in a twist!!
Check it out.
The wank...it flows like water...
Posted by Meg on January 5, 2005 — 9:42 PM