Comments on: Solidarity Goods http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/02/10/solidarity-goods/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Thu, 14 May 2026 19:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jemima http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/02/10/solidarity-goods/#comment-242 Tue, 11 Feb 2003 03:20:44 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/02/10/solidarity-goods/#comment-242 Maybe you do, but LJ was intended to be cliquish and was designed to facilitate cliquing, as the article pointed out. (See quote.) Blogs, on the other hand, are designed for writing freestanding entries. Comments aren't even included in some blogging systems (Blogger, for example). So while you can do either kind of writing on either platform, people who want one or the other are going to tend to use the blogging tool that's best for what they want to do. And readers will notice the content tendencies, too. Maybe you do, but LJ was intended to be cliquish and was designed to facilitate cliquing, as the article pointed out. (See quote.) Blogs, on the other hand, are designed for writing freestanding entries. Comments aren’t even included in some blogging systems (Blogger, for example).

So while you can do either kind of writing on either platform, people who want one or the other are going to tend to use the blogging tool that’s best for what they want to do. And readers will notice the content tendencies, too.

]]> by: R.J. Anderson http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/02/10/solidarity-goods/#comment-241 Tue, 11 Feb 2003 02:51:03 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/02/10/solidarity-goods/#comment-241 I don't think there's anything special about blogs as opposed to LJ's, though. Some people write long, thoughtful essays in their LJ's, such as you associate with blogs; and some people fill their blogs with entries like "I washed my cat today", very much in the vein your essay associates with LiveJournals. As far as I can see the difference in content springs not from the medium used, but rather from the personality of the writer. People who prefer blogs say LJ's are cliquish. People who prefer LJ's say that blogs are snobbish. I find uses for both and I enjoy both, personally. And I tend to use both in much the same way. I don’t think there’s anything special about blogs as opposed to LJ’s, though. Some people write long, thoughtful essays in their LJ’s, such as you associate with blogs; and some people fill their blogs with entries like “I washed my cat today”, very much in the vein your essay associates with LiveJournals. As far as I can see the difference in content springs not from the medium used, but rather from the personality of the writer.

People who prefer blogs say LJ’s are cliquish. People who prefer LJ’s say that blogs are snobbish. I find uses for both and I enjoy both, personally. And I tend to use both in much the same way.

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