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Pining for the Fjords

  • All of the 1UP Network and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [1]
  • Ficlets.com (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009.
  • Co.omments.com announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.

Dead as a Doornail

  • Pownce was closed on December 15, 2008.
  • Lively, a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.
  • AOL Hometown (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008.

When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu

  • Flickr (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.
  • Livejournal is not looking so hot. [2]

Doing Fine, Think I'll Go For a Walk

  • Facebook seems stable at the moment, but has absolutely no export capability.