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[arethinn]

So Verizon bought Yahoo, which I suppose means it gets to decide what to do with...

1. Tumblr: I hear Yahoo thought it was declining in value. I wouldn't panic about it just yet, but I wonder if anyone's found a way to back up the content of one's tumblr?

2. Yahoo groups: Already pretty much a wasteland, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they decided to shut down that service like Yahoo did with Geocities - which makes me a bit worried for the archives of certain lists kept there. Anyone know how to slurp up a Yahoo Group archive? (I imagine jarandhel might but I don't have any direct contact with him these days.)

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[contrarywise]

Apparently there's a way to back up one's Tumblr account to Dreamwidth using IFTTT. copperbadge posted about this on his Tumblr recently--hope this helps!

[arethinn]

Mrr, looks like that's a redundancy-going-forward thing - like crossposting to LJ from DW. For the "backup", I don't have any Wordpress install. Hmm.

[contrarywise]

Wordpress.com offers one for free, with options to add features, disk space, your own domain, etc. for pay. Depending on how much material you have on Tumblr, that could be a good option. I've used them for friends' sites and basic client sites, and it's an easy way to get started with Wordpress. DreamHost has very good Wordpress hosting, if you're a more hands-on person with your sites or need more space and features Wordpress.com doesn't support. Those are the Wordpress hosts I have personal experience with.