shiny object January 23, 2019 at 11:46AM

[ironymaiden]

“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging | Ars Technica I think there's something they missed here - I very clearly remember when the migration to MySpace happened. And then Facebook was where everyone with children went. Basically LJ became "too much work". And now people don't expect personal space or privacy from their social networks, so...here we are.

Comments

[dorchadas]

Holy shit, I remember that early LJ splashpage.

Excuse me while I crumble into dust.

[ironymaiden]

ditto. (I am realizing that I need an icon to express feeling old. *sigh*)

[buhrger]

you made this one for me. we could share?

[ironymaiden]

I considered it :) I may yet, but I suspect that there's a perfect Dowager Countess image/quote out there for me.

[ironymaiden]

there, that's more like it.

[buhrger]

nice!

[yourlibrarian]

Ooh, interesting link, thanks! And you're quite right about the "too much work" issue.

[butterflydreaming]

As a teen, I never actually knew anyone who had one

That made me want to scream. But it's not a perspective I've seen before, so I'll continue reading.