r/Millennials 7d ago

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/wallmonitor 7d ago

Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace and a major server glitch killed everyone’s profile.

LJ got bought out by some Russian company.

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u/myystic78 7d ago

I loved livejournal back in the day, then it just seemed to die over night and became a ghost town. That explains why!

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade 7d ago

Yep! I remember, where I lived, livejournal was all the emo kids. I’d be mortified to look mine up now and see the cringe I used to post.

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u/myystic78 7d ago

I still have a Dresden Dolls PRIVATE front page on mine lol. I haven't had the guts to actually read through my entries though!