Great blogging site (livejournal.com)

Member Name: sstephenson

Product:	livejournal.com
Date:	08/01/09 (41 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, nice way to keep up with online friends

Disadvantages: Ads on unpaid accounts

Livejournal.com is a great way to keep an online journal, let families and friends keep up with what you're doing and there's numerous communities to join relating to your interests.

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Basics
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You can have either a Plus account where there's ad's displayed on the site or you can buy a Paid account for around $20 a year.
The interface is easy to use to make your posts, you can insert images and youtube videos and can make it easily accessible for your readers by using the tag system on your entries.
When you meet other livejournal users you can add them as friends and follow their entries on your friends list (or flist).

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Communities and LJ Friends
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By using the search tool you can find communities related to things that you're interested in, such as TV shows, movies, books, music and so on. These communities are user based and if you meet someone with similar tastes to yours you can add them as a friend and follow each other's personal entries.

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Friend's Lock
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If you don't want everyone to see your blogs you can use the friend's lock option which allows only people who use LJ to see your posts. If you want it be completely private there's the option that allows only you to see it - a good option if you want something more personal

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My Opinion
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I've been a user of Livejournal for the past five years and never had a problem with the site. I've met numerous people through the site and have made some nice online friends. It might take you a while to meet a few people if you're new to LJ and don't currently know anyone but by joining communtiies you can meet people pretty easily and I'd definately give it a go :)

Summary: Nice way to keep people updated on your life.