Deathwatch

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The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.

Another site doing this work is It Died, by Glenn Fleishman. Activist Archivists would do well to join his RSS Feed.

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. [2]
  • Circavie.com (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [3]
  • Co.mments.com announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.

Dead as a Doornail

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, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks better.)

Doing Fine, Think I'll Go For a Walk

Other Endangered Species

Humorous Court Jesters

  • "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [5]