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M88youngling: one year update

2021-11-25T00:15:21Z

one year update

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	LBP.me has been down for ~~300 days since this post was last updated, almost~~ a [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 year.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime ~~out longer~~.		LBP.me has been down for more than a [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 year.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend may have dragged out the downtime. Still, it seems more than likely that LBP.me will never return.

	===Speculation===		===Speculation===

M88youngling: Updated day count

2021-09-07T10:20:45Z

Updated day count

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	LBP.me has been down for ~~200~~ days since this post was last updated, ~~just over~~ [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 ~~half a~~ year.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime out longer.		LBP.me has been down for 300 days since this post was last updated, almost a [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 year.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime out longer.

	===Speculation===		===Speculation===

M88youngling at 16:07, 12 June 2021

2021-06-12T16:07:20Z

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	As many avid fans of LittleBigPlanet have noted, LittleBigPlanet's companion site, [http://lbp.me LBP.me], has vanished from the Internet without a trace. With more questions than answers, LittleBigPlanet's community is now left without a way to view updates to their recent activity, comments, and even the only means of blocking other players in the game. What happened to LBP.me and LittleBigPlanet.com, and where do we go from here?		As many avid fans of LittleBigPlanet have noted, LittleBigPlanet's companion site, [http://lbp.me LBP.me], has vanished from the Internet without a trace. With more questions than answers, LittleBigPlanet's community is now left without a way to view updates to their recent activity, comments, and even the only means of blocking other players in the game. What happened to LBP.me and LittleBigPlanet.com, and where do we go from here?

			This story is closely related to the LittleBigPlanet server outages of 2021. If you're interested in learning more about that, check out this article about the [https://www.lbpunion.com/post/how-to-fix-littlebigplanet-what-happens-next LittleBigPlanet servers.]

	===LBP.me Goes Down===		===LBP.me Goes Down===

M88youngling at 16:05, 12 June 2021

2021-06-12T16:05:44Z

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	LBP.me has been down for 79 days since this post was last updated, ~~about~~ [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 ~~three months~~.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime out longer.		LBP.me has been down for 200 days since this post was last updated, just over [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 half a year.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime out longer.

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	==== Backend Legacy Code ====		==== Backend Legacy Code ====
	According to archives made by the Wayback Machine Internet Archive, LBP.me became officially in use sometime early in 2011 or in late 2010. Although in need of better sources, this [https://littlebigplanet.fandom.com/wiki/LBP.me LittleBigPlanet Wiki article] claims that LBP.me was in beta and then eventually fully released on December 15th, 2010. This means that LBP.me has been in use for ~~about~~ '''~~eleven~~ years!'''		According to archives made by the Wayback Machine Internet Archive, LBP.me became officially in use sometime early in 2011 or in late 2010. Although in need of better sources, this [https://littlebigplanet.fandom.com/wiki/LBP.me LittleBigPlanet Wiki article] claims that LBP.me was in beta and then eventually fully released on December 15th, 2010. This means that LBP.me has been in use for almost '''twelve years!'''

	Since the website is so old, it's understandable that backend updates would take a lot of time and effort. This is because the code is old enough that the original developers of the website may not be around, or newer tools used to modify the website have become incompatible.		Since the website is so old, it's understandable that backend updates would take a lot of time and effort. This is because the code is old enough that the original developers of the website may not be around, or newer tools used to modify the website have become incompatible.

M88youngling at 21:48, 30 March 2021

2021-03-30T21:48:16Z

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	I encourage you to keep tweeting at not only [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell] and the branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account about LBP.me, but also [https://twitter.com/AskPlayStation?s=20 @AskPlaystation.] Also, please do not take out any of your frustrations on Steven. I have been happy to see that people have not begun to berate or harass him on the subject. Most people have been very polite. It isn't his fault, and I expect that he may not even know what's going on with LBP.me as it is likely out of his hands.		I encourage you to keep tweeting at not only [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell] and the branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account about LBP.me, but also [https://twitter.com/AskPlayStation?s=20 @AskPlaystation.] Also, please do not take out any of your frustrations on Steven. I have been happy to see that people have not begun to berate or harass him on the subject. Most people have been very polite. It isn't his fault, and I expect that he may not even know what's going on with LBP.me as it is likely out of his hands.

	Thank you for reading, and please do me a favor and share this post with other fans of LittleBigPlanet to keep them more informed about what's going on with LBP.me and LittleBigPlanet.com.		Thank you for reading, and please do me a favor and share this post with other fans of LittleBigPlanet to keep them more informed about what's going on with LBP.me and LittleBigPlanet.com.

			If you like LittleBigPlanet news stories like this and would like to read more, head over to [https://www.lbpunion.com LBPUnion.com!]

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M88youngling: Added new information about backend updates.

2021-02-10T15:49:26Z

Added new information about backend updates.

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	LBP.me went down sometime around November 23rd, 2020 according to the [https://twitter.com/mokymonky/status/1330914080392163337?s=20 earliest tweets] I could find. Here is [https://twitter.com/NeoAcidSky/status/1330914650062458882?s=20 another example] from that date.		LBP.me went down sometime around November 23rd, 2020 according to the [https://twitter.com/mokymonky/status/1330914080392163337?s=20 earliest tweets] I could find. Here is [https://twitter.com/NeoAcidSky/status/1330914650062458882?s=20 another example] from that date.

	However, [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell], LittleBigPlanet's community manager [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1331636714041978881?s=20 responded] with his branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account on November 25th to questions about LBP.me's downtime: <blockquote>We don't have any plans to shut down the LittleBigPlaner servers.<br><br> LBP.me is just down for some general maintenance and updates.</blockquote>For two months, official sources were silent on the nature of what has been going on with the website. However, on January 19th, 2021, Steven Isbell responded on Twitter with the [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell/status/1351580555385712641?s=20 following message:] <blockquote>We're still actively investigating the issues with LBP.me, will update as soon as I have some more information.</blockquote>This ~~suggests~~ that ~~there is something currently~~ wrong with the ~~website~~ that the ~~LittleBigPlanet team~~ is ~~struggling~~ to fix~~. This makes~~ it ~~even more unclear when the website~~ will come back online.		However, [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell], LittleBigPlanet's community manager [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1331636714041978881?s=20 responded] with his branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account on November 25th to questions about LBP.me's downtime: <blockquote>We don't have any plans to shut down the LittleBigPlaner servers.<br><br> LBP.me is just down for some general maintenance and updates.</blockquote>For two months, official sources were silent on the nature of what has been going on with the website. However, on January 19th, 2021, Steven Isbell responded on Twitter with the [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell/status/1351580555385712641?s=20 following message:] <blockquote>We're still actively investigating the issues with LBP.me, will update as soon as I have some more information.</blockquote>

			=== Explanation ===
			On February 8th, [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell/status/1358830128537681927?s=20 Steven Isbell responded] once again to questions about LBP.me:<blockquote>Hello! </blockquote><blockquote>That actually was the original reason for it being taken down and during that time, we discovered it needed some significant backend updates to allow its continued use. </blockquote><blockquote>We 100% haven't ignored it though and we're actively looking into all avenues to resolve these issues.</blockquote>Steven claims that LBP.me was in need of "backend updates", but what does this mean? Websites have two main parts: the frontend and the backend. The frontend is what we, the users, see. The blog post and the formatting that you see in this article is part of the frontend. The backend is everything that goes on behind the scenes. This might be complicated code like JavaScript or PHP that allows the site to function. Think of the backend as the plumbing, gears, or LBP logic that make the website work right.

			While Steven didn't specify what exactly was wrong with the backend, it's possible that it had something to do with the site's code in general, or it might have been a more serious security vulnerability. Rest assured, however, that if user data was ever compromised, there would have been a clearer announcement by now about it.

			Although now we know exactly what is wrong with LBP.me and why it is taking so long to fix, we don't know when it will come back online.

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	LBP.me has been down for 68 days since this post was last updated, about [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 three months.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates."		LBP.me has been down for 79 days since this post was last updated, about [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 three months.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates." However, as explained by Steven, issues with the website's backend have dragged the downtime out longer.

	===Speculation===		===Speculation===
	With no official word on what specifically is being done with the site and with Steven Isbell and PlayStation remaining silent on the issue, little can be done besides speculation. Despite their silence on the issue, the length of time that LBP.me has been offline has led many to conclude that LBP.me [https://twitter.com/BillNyeOverlord/status/1349414665047171072?s=20 will not be returning at all]. However, some others have speculated that the downtime suggests that a fourth official title, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E87hnWmSgzA LittleBigPlanet 4], may be on the horizon.		With no official word on what specifically is being done with the site and with Steven Isbell and PlayStation remaining silent on the issue, little can be done besides speculation. Despite their silence on the issue, the length of time that LBP.me has been offline has led many to conclude that LBP.me [https://twitter.com/BillNyeOverlord/status/1349414665047171072?s=20 will not be returning at all]. However, some others have speculated that the downtime suggests that a fourth official title, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E87hnWmSgzA LittleBigPlanet 4], may be on the horizon.

			==== Backend Legacy Code ====
			According to archives made by the Wayback Machine Internet Archive, LBP.me became officially in use sometime early in 2011 or in late 2010. Although in need of better sources, this [https://littlebigplanet.fandom.com/wiki/LBP.me LittleBigPlanet Wiki article] claims that LBP.me was in beta and then eventually fully released on December 15th, 2010. This means that LBP.me has been in use for about '''eleven years!'''

			Since the website is so old, it's understandable that backend updates would take a lot of time and effort. This is because the code is old enough that the original developers of the website may not be around, or newer tools used to modify the website have become incompatible.

			This is one of the many challenges of software today. As an example, if you use the Windows 10 operating system, you have probably noticed how many contradicting UI styles there are. There are traces of Windows 95 from over 20 years ago still left in the system! This is because it becomes increasingly more difficult to deal with software as it gets older. It may take much more time for the LittleBigPlanet team to resolve issues with LBP.me for this reason.

	==== LittleBigPlanet.com Redirected to PlayStation Domain ====		==== LittleBigPlanet.com Redirected to PlayStation Domain ====

M88youngling at 02:05, 31 January 2021

2021-01-31T02:05:51Z

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	Although Steven Isbell assured us in his tweet that there were no plans to shut down the LittleBigPlanet servers, it's important to consider that this decision is not up to him. It's entirely possible that PlayStation and Sony are considering shutting down the LittleBigPlanet servers. This isn't new for LittleBigPlanet. On July 31st, 2016, servers for [https://gearnuke.com/japan-shutting-littlebigplanet-servers/ LittleBigPlanet shut down] in Japan. Servers for LittleBigPlanet PSP shut down worldwide as well, with LittleBigPlanet Karting shutting down soon thereafter on August 31st.		Although Steven Isbell assured us in his tweet that there were no plans to shut down the LittleBigPlanet servers, it's important to consider that this decision is not up to him. It's entirely possible that PlayStation and Sony are considering shutting down the LittleBigPlanet servers. This isn't new for LittleBigPlanet. On July 31st, 2016, servers for [https://gearnuke.com/japan-shutting-littlebigplanet-servers/ LittleBigPlanet shut down] in Japan. Servers for LittleBigPlanet PSP shut down worldwide as well, with LittleBigPlanet Karting shutting down soon thereafter on August 31st.

	While ~~there is no official indication~~ that a LittleBigPlanet server shutdown is being planned, it isn't totally out of the question. The original LittleBigPlanet was first released 12 years ago on [https://blog.playstation.com/2008/10/17/littlebigplanet-release-update/ October 27th, 2008.] Although statistics on the number of active players on the original game and its sequels are hard to come by, it's reasonable to guess that there may not be enough players of the original game to warrant paying for expensive server uptime.		While Steven has more recently made clear that a [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell/status/1353445665876172800?s=20 LittleBigPlanet server shutdown] is not being planned, it isn't totally out of the question. The original LittleBigPlanet was first released 12 years ago on [https://blog.playstation.com/2008/10/17/littlebigplanet-release-update/ October 27th, 2008.] Although statistics on the number of active players on the original game and its sequels are hard to come by, it's reasonable to guess that there may not be enough players of the original game to warrant paying for expensive server uptime.
	[[File:PlayStation 2 Server Shutdown.jpg\|alt=A PlayStation 2 console and controller.\|center\|500x500px]]		[[File:PlayStation 2 Server Shutdown.jpg\|alt=A PlayStation 2 console and controller.\|center\|500x500px]]

M88youngling: Updates

2021-01-31T02:03:48Z

Updates

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	LBP.me went down sometime around November 23rd, 2020 according to the [https://twitter.com/mokymonky/status/1330914080392163337?s=20 earliest tweets] I could find. Here is [https://twitter.com/NeoAcidSky/status/1330914650062458882?s=20 another example] from that date.		LBP.me went down sometime around November 23rd, 2020 according to the [https://twitter.com/mokymonky/status/1330914080392163337?s=20 earliest tweets] I could find. Here is [https://twitter.com/NeoAcidSky/status/1330914650062458882?s=20 another example] from that date.

	However, [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell], LittleBigPlanet's community manager [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1331636714041978881?s=20 responded] with his branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account on November 25th to questions about LBP.me's downtime: <blockquote>We don't have any plans to shut down the LittleBigPlaner servers.<br><br> LBP.me is just down for some general maintenance and updates.</blockquote>Steven Isbell ~~has not answered any further questions about~~ the status of LBP.me ~~and~~ the ~~future of~~ the LittleBigPlanet ~~servers since this tweet~~.		However, [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell?s=20 Steven Isbell], LittleBigPlanet's community manager [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1331636714041978881?s=20 responded] with his branded [https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet?s=20 @LittleBigPlanet] Twitter account on November 25th to questions about LBP.me's downtime: <blockquote>We don't have any plans to shut down the LittleBigPlaner servers.<br><br> LBP.me is just down for some general maintenance and updates.</blockquote>For two months, official sources were silent on the nature of what has been going on with the website. However, on January 19th, 2021, Steven Isbell responded on Twitter with the [https://twitter.com/StevenIsbell/status/1351580555385712641?s=20 following message:] <blockquote>We're still actively investigating the issues with LBP.me, will update as soon as I have some more information.</blockquote>This suggests that there is something currently wrong with the website that the LittleBigPlanet team is struggling to fix. This makes it even more unclear when the website will come back online.

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	LBP.me~~, as of the writing of this post,~~ has been down for ~~almost two whole months. To be exact~~, ~~it has been~~ [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 ~~52 days~~.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates."		LBP.me has been down for 68 days since this post was last updated, about [https://datayze.com/days-since?datesummary=November+23rd%2C+2020&day%5B%5D=sun&day%5B%5D=mon&day%5B%5D=tue&day%5B%5D=wed&day%5B%5D=thr&day%5B%5D=fri&day%5B%5D=sat&date=1606107600 three months.] It's clear that the downtime has gone beyond "general maintenance and updates."

	===Speculation===		===Speculation===

M88youngling: wow editing on mobile sucks.

2021-01-14T14:24:38Z

wow editing on mobile sucks.

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	In a best case scenario, a new LittleBigPlanet website under PlayStation's domain would preserve all the features of LBP.me and expand upon them. We might see expanded comment support, perhaps even the ability to add comments to levels and profiles on the web, as well as better comment management. The ability to manage levels from the web could also improve, allowing creators to edit the names and descriptions of levels. The ability to see more than 100 pages of comments would also be extremely beneficial for the LBP Union Wiki, as it would allow us to more easily explore and archive events that occurred more than ten years ago.		In a best case scenario, a new LittleBigPlanet website under PlayStation's domain would preserve all the features of LBP.me and expand upon them. We might see expanded comment support, perhaps even the ability to add comments to levels and profiles on the web, as well as better comment management. The ability to manage levels from the web could also improve, allowing creators to edit the names and descriptions of levels. The ability to see more than 100 pages of comments would also be extremely beneficial for the LBP Union Wiki, as it would allow us to more easily explore and archive events that occurred more than ten years ago.

	It's also possible that a new LittleBigPlanet website could add features like better support for photos. An u		It's also possible that a new LittleBigPlanet website could add features like better support for photos. An uploaded photo export feature would be a game changer for archival projects. While I think this is unlikely, it would make downloading user-generated stickers much easier. Uploading images in LittleBigPlanet and downloading them on LBP.me was a popular way of exporting images from the game.

	uploaded photo ~~expoaturert fe~~ would be a game changer for ~~archivalature~~. While I think this is unlikely, it would make downloading user-generated stickers much easier. Uploading images in LittleBigPlanet and downloading them on LBP.me was a popular way of exporting images from the game.

	===The End of LittleBigPlanet Online===		===The End of LittleBigPlanet Online===

M88youngling at 14:20, 14 January 2021

2021-01-14T14:20:05Z

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	In a best case scenario, a new LittleBigPlanet website under PlayStation's domain would preserve all the features of LBP.me and expand upon them. We might see expanded comment support, perhaps even the ability to add comments to levels and profiles on the web, as well as better comment management. The ability to manage levels from the web could also improve, allowing creators to edit the names and descriptions of levels. The ability to see more than 100 pages of comments would also be extremely beneficial for the LBP Union Wiki, as it would allow us to more easily explore and archive events that occurred more than ten years ago.		In a best case scenario, a new LittleBigPlanet website under PlayStation's domain would preserve all the features of LBP.me and expand upon them. We might see expanded comment support, perhaps even the ability to add comments to levels and profiles on the web, as well as better comment management. The ability to manage levels from the web could also improve, allowing creators to edit the names and descriptions of levels. The ability to see more than 100 pages of comments would also be extremely beneficial for the LBP Union Wiki, as it would allow us to more easily explore and archive events that occurred more than ten years ago.

	It's also possible that a new LittleBigPlanet website could add features like better support for photos. An		It's also possible that a new LittleBigPlanet website could add features like better support for photos. An u

	n uploaded photo ~~export~~ fe would be a game changer for archivalature. While I think this is unlikely, it would make downloading user-generated stickers much easier. Uploading images in LittleBigPlanet and downloading them on LBP.me was a popular way of exporting images from the game.		uploaded photo expoaturert fe would be a game changer for archivalature. While I think this is unlikely, it would make downloading user-generated stickers much easier. Uploading images in LittleBigPlanet and downloading them on LBP.me was a popular way of exporting images from the game.

	===The End of LittleBigPlanet Online===		===The End of LittleBigPlanet Online===