When did that happen? I was under the impression that LiveJournal was still around however it was mostly popular in Russia. Any links to that?

Definitely still around. My wife uses it daily and is part of several communities.

Apparently they won't. I can't tell you the number of times I hear "everyone who's important in the startup world says 'shut up and ship' and we'll think about security & BC/DR later", where "later" usually ends up being "after a breach". If they survive.