LJ, what's the deal?
Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:45 pm
ok, i know that loads of people have LJ accounts, but whats the deal with it? what's it for, and how does it work? (i'm being particuarly clueless today, but i've wanted to know for a while but have not got round to asking anyone)
Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:58 pm
http://www.livejournal.com
Basically, you create an account, and you then have an online journal that you can write in as much as you want. You can decorate your journal page like a webpage. You can make it private where only you can see it, or public where all can see it. If others can see your entries, they can comment on them (though you can disable commenting). You can also make your journal friends-only so that only people on your LJ friends list can see your journal.
Your journal will also have a Friends page, which shows recent journal entries of the people on your friends list, and you can read them and comment. LJ is a good way for friends to stay in touch with eachother. Some people make an entry everyday saying what they did that day. While others make an entry only when something special happens. Still others use their LJ solely for ranting purposes.
There are also LJ communities you can join. These are like usergroups. There's one for every subject under the sun.
Basically, you create an account, and you then have an online journal that you can write in as much as you want. You can decorate your journal page like a webpage. You can make it private where only you can see it, or public where all can see it. If others can see your entries, they can comment on them (though you can disable commenting). You can also make your journal friends-only so that only people on your LJ friends list can see your journal.
Your journal will also have a Friends page, which shows recent journal entries of the people on your friends list, and you can read them and comment. LJ is a good way for friends to stay in touch with eachother. Some people make an entry everyday saying what they did that day. While others make an entry only when something special happens. Still others use their LJ solely for ranting purposes.
There are also LJ communities you can join. These are like usergroups. There's one for every subject under the sun.
Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:21 pm
You can also be introduced to the wonderful world of memes...
Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:58 pm
MMmmmm, memes. Tasty. 
You musy be careful, though. Memes are very addicting.
You musy be careful, though. Memes are very addicting.
Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:58 pm
LJ's are also a good place for being rather crazy in general.
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:11 am
ok, i've made one *starts to look around*
*starts to look around*
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:29 am
I've made one too...
What are memes?
What are memes?
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:33 am
memes are just like quizzes. Orange faerie ( that was her name last year...not sure what it is now) is the queen of meme's on my friend list.
Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:15 pm
I used to have an LJ accounted..I neglected it.
Don't see what the big deal is.
Don't see what the big deal is.
Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:54 pm
LJ is sort of like a diary. That you can share with complete strangers. Or friends. Or keep it just to yourself. That's free. And highly customizeable and stuff.
It can be very addicting after a while if you really get into it.
It can be very addicting after a while if you really get into it.
Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:21 am
I use it to subscribe to daily comics like foxtrot and calvin&hobbes.
Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:14 pm
plus there are tons of communities to join.
Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:56 pm
ecliptic wrote:I use it to subscribe to daily comics like foxtrot and calvin&hobbes.
How do you do that? It sounds like something I would like to do.
Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:08 pm
hyperflutterby wrote:ecliptic wrote:I use it to subscribe to daily comics like foxtrot and calvin&hobbes.
How do you do that? It sounds like something I would like to do.
Subscribe to a syndication RSS feed, here's the link:
http://www.livejournal.com/syn/
Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:14 am
Its a totally kooky way of having a private diary you deliberately write to show to other people. A nice way of showing off apparantly private thoughts to other people - Ergo, a waste of the internet.