Sunday, June 27, 2004
SHOCK NEWS - SERIAL BLOG MURDER!
Chilling news for anyone running a free blog.
'Blogging pioneer Dave Winer unexpectedly closed Weblogs.com, his free blog-hosting service, on Sunday, leaving thousands of bloggers without access to their blogs. Blogs affected by the shutdown now redirect to a generic message posted by Winer. Some bloggers are screaming that the shutdown is a serial "blog murder." Other bloggers slammed the people whose blogs have vanished from the Internet, saying that no one should expect continuity from a free service.'
The Ranger has been concened about this for quite some time:
'And is blogger secure (if not I hope they have backed it up, you wouldn't like to see it disappear!)'
If you have something irreplaceable on your blog, like your life story, your next best-seller novel or your Christmas card list, copy and paste it somewhere now.
'Blogging pioneer Dave Winer unexpectedly closed Weblogs.com, his free blog-hosting service, on Sunday, leaving thousands of bloggers without access to their blogs. Blogs affected by the shutdown now redirect to a generic message posted by Winer. Some bloggers are screaming that the shutdown is a serial "blog murder." Other bloggers slammed the people whose blogs have vanished from the Internet, saying that no one should expect continuity from a free service.'
The Ranger has been concened about this for quite some time:
'And is blogger secure (if not I hope they have backed it up, you wouldn't like to see it disappear!)'
If you have something irreplaceable on your blog, like your life story, your next best-seller novel or your Christmas card list, copy and paste it somewhere now.