Given rising tensions, I believe there is a significantly greater-than-zero probability that LiveJournal - being a Russian-owned social media site - could be blocked in this country at some point in the near future, perhaps even imminently ( Read more... )

I have to admit, I haven't looked at my profile page in quite awhile, but I did just now, and I must say I was surprised and pretty disappointed to see how many familiar usernames showed up in strikethrough type: meaning of course that the account had been deleted and purged ( Read more... )

Huh. 2,500 posts! I'm a gabby old buck, apparently. ^^



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I started my LiveJournal blog 10 years ago today. So much writing, so much time. Has it been worth it? Absolutely! I know there were other things I should have been doing this past decade, but if I couldn't do those, LJ's been a fun and largely productive way to while away the years. It's exposed me to a lot of new knowledge and ideas, and more ( Read more... )

• Posts longer than 140 characters.

• Privacy options for each post.

• Inline images.

• Inline replies.

• Ability to sort posts with tags.

• Ability to find posts by date.

• Archiving (but not by the Library of Congress).

Oh wait. There's already a blogging site that has these features.

It's LiveJournal!
 

Imagine you're visiting a friend's house some evening, and you're one of several guests there. Your host begins talking about a subject of mutual interest, and you and he are discussing it one-on-one in a casual and friendly manner ( Read more... )

A nice shortcut I just learned about...

When you login to LJ, if you put an exclamation mark ! at the end of your username, it automatically places the 'remember me' cookie on your session. No need to save your login options after that, the cookie is already there. :-)

JFYI...

This is a


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