here from metafandom (on LJ!). I must say, with the never-ending rounds of hassle with LJ (and now that GJ is no longer an option) I often wondered if we were right to put so much emphasis on blogging over message boarding.
However, I think lots of people--certainly including me--got hooked on the one-to-many aspect of LJ versus the many-to-many aspect of message boards. Some people do have fandom-only LJs, either for privacy reasons to restrict circulation of their RL identity, or because most of their flist would rather hear them talk about Snape than about dahlias, but by and large, a given LJ, or even a given LJ post, could include a discussion of last night's episode, some fic recs, and 500 words about buying shoes for the kids, or My Boss Is An Idiot Part 709, or Who I'm Going to Vote For or whether the poppy seed muffins were better with or without the cream cheese icing. YMMV whether this is a bug or a feature.
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However, I think lots of people--certainly including me--got hooked on the one-to-many aspect of LJ versus the many-to-many aspect of message boards. Some people do have fandom-only LJs, either for privacy reasons to restrict circulation of their RL identity, or because most of their flist would rather hear them talk about Snape than about dahlias, but by and large, a given LJ, or even a given LJ post, could include a discussion of last night's episode, some fic recs, and 500 words about buying shoes for the kids, or My Boss Is An Idiot Part 709, or Who I'm Going to Vote For or whether the poppy seed muffins were better with or without the cream cheese icing. YMMV whether this is a bug or a feature.