So I hear LJ's coming back... Probably TMI ranting within.

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Word on the street is that in 2011 everyone's going to abandon Twitter and return to LJ, so I'm getting in early. I've always liked LJ, but it's one of the stickiest mediums for me, mostly because I've always philosophically liked the idea of entries in this format being public; and over the last several years most of the interesting parts of my

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Nice to see you here again :)

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Did everyone move to Dreamwidth or something while I wasn't looking?

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Yes - but I still read/post to both. Do you want an invite?

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No thank you I'm extremely suspicious of Dreamwidth.

Have they done much to advance the LJ source?

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Dreamwidth is awesome, has significant fan focus also social justice and equality focus that they take seriously.

I find their service far superior to LJ, more privacy conscious and more interested in developing the code in various ways - which they provide pretty detailed updates for week to week.

I'm thus far really impressed with them. My favourite feature is that they crosspost to other journal platforms.