We have some big news!  Sometime tomorrow, we'll be renaming our LiveCloud service Hoo.do. 

As part of that change, we are also simplifying the personal URLs that everyone has.  Currently, a personal site has a domain in this format: yourname.hoo.do.  We are dropping the ".user" part, so the new format will be: yourname.hoo.do.  Much simpler.

Why the name change?

We originally came up with the name LiveCloud before the entire world started talking about putting things “in the cloud,” and with the shift in perception, we don’t want to be known as a storage space.  Hoo.do is a fun way to refer to “who’s doing” what, since the site is all about sharing what you’re up to, on your own terms.  

What isn’t changing is that Hoo.do continues to offer simple privacy controls, and we are not selling or sharing your data. At all. Ever.

In addition, the Hoo.do name nicely compliments our other major service, Hoop.la.   While Hoop.la focuses on being a complete community platform, Hoo.do is a network of personal journals, giving people complete control over how they share their blog posts, photos, and more.  

We are still the same company providing the service.

How will this affect you?

Anywhere you have referenced your current LiveCloud site as “http://yourname.hoo.do” should be changed to “http://yourname.hoo.do”.  

Note that friends who have subscribed to notifications of your posts will continue to receive them as usual without taking any action, but they will be coming from the new Hoo.do domain.

We will be auto-redirecting the URLs for about three months, but it’s a good idea to let your friends know that your site URL has changed so they can re-bookmark the new URL.

If you had a legacy group site with a name like “http://yourname.hoop.la”, the existing redirect will no longer work.  You should notify your group members to update the site name to “http://yourname.hoop.la”.

Mobile posting email addresses are not changing and will continue to work as usual.

Where can I go to ask questions?

You can find our helpful staff at https://hey.crowdstack.com/support if you ever have questions or suggestions.  We’d love to hear from you!

Look for this change to occur sometime tomorrow.