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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
When people think about blogging they usually think of Blogger. But that other blogging site - LiveJournal - has been around at least as long, has as many users, and is as viable a platform as Blogger. Perhaps more so - indeed, after Google took over Blogger it began to incorporate some of LiveJournal's features, such as the need to have a user ID in order to comment. As this article points out, what makes LiveJournal work for its members (and what makes it impenetrable to visitors) is that it acts as a social network as well as a blogging platform. LiveJournal has always fascinated me, partially because of its demographic and partially because of its technology.

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