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HitCounter for Live Journal

hydra1970 — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:46:14 GMT

Does anyone know about a hit counter for Live Journal?

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Everybody's LJ

starchymcpants — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 21:26:59 GMT

Okay, there are currently 147 members of this tribe, but so far nothing much going on here except for a few people posting new threads about their own journals. If all 147 of us do just that... well... would anyone care?

So I'm starting a thread here for people to not just post links to their journals, but to hopefully say a little something about them. It's great that you have an LJ, but why would I want to check it out? There are as many different ways to use LJ as there are LJ users. How do you use yours?

By way of example:

My journal: http://starchy.livejournal.com

What's there: I post raw writing (mostly fiction) and works in progress, various contemplations of Life In General(tm), your vaguely standard sorts of web-flotsom and web-jetsom, the occasional political rant, and absolutely no quizzes or polls. I'm currently re-posting my travel diaries from Europe, written a few years back, one episode per day.

So, who's next?

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Why Blog?

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:05:32 GMT

Had an interesting conversation with Marcus yesterday about a variety of things, which got me thinking on the proper place of blogs. What do folks here (who presumably are familiar with at least two blog "communities") think on the subject. What purpose to blogs serve in the wider world?

As I see it there are several reasons on might keep a blog

1. Boredom. Reading and writing blogs is a great way to "kill time"
2. Therapuetic. Writing out one's thoughts is therapeutic.
3. Connection. Reading about others provides support and insight.
4. Efficiency. Posting a single blog is an effective newsletter.
5. Publishing. You have something to say and want to share it.
6. Tactical. Your publication furthers personal or political aims.

Among the types of blogs I see routinely are

1. Professional. Used by writers, consultants and politicians.
2. Familial. Used to efficiently convey news to distant family.
3. Sexual. Used primarily as a way to identify folks to date.
4. Display. Used to connect to others and find or assert identity.
5. Personal. Used in a combination of ways, from therapy to drama.

Some blog sites are more interested in one type of blog than another. TypePad, for example, is a good professional blog, while MySpace and Tribe are primarily sexual. LiveJournal (being one of the earlier and more popular blog spaces) has almost no professional blogs. Blogspot tends to be about display while MySpace and Tribe are primarily sexual and personal.

Stereotypical bloggers fall into one of several types

1. Teenager. Blog explores identity, finds allies, jockeys for position.
2. Political. Blog asserts opinion, channels rage, asserts identity.
3. Housewife. Blog narrates, connects, seeks support.
4. Networker. Blog advertises, prospects for clients/dates, connects.

Few blogs are purely of one type or another, and almost all ongoing blogs start with one primary purpose and then morph into several others, whether the author intends this or not. A blog that begins as a husband and father posting a few pics of the kids to save bandwidth for his far-flung relatives will (unless consciously designed to avoid this) almost inevitably draw comments and neighborly interaction as people ask questions or seek connections. An avuncular fellow he will offer jovial advice as he is able and may decide to pursue aspects of the other blog types. The sixteen-year-old who starts posting for a few friends will find support and expand into networking, perhaps finding new hobbies, friends, dates and then starting a small business of some sort (usually making clothes or crafts). In many ways this tendency for blogs to morph is one of the things I find most interesting about them.

A blog begins as one thing, but because it connects to a person it becomes many other things in an organic way. People are complex, and even the most stereotypical blogger is smarter and more interesting than one would expect. Frequently as one reads a particular blog one can observe how a person grows and develops in inspiring or cautionary ways. The man who starts off as a right-wing blowhard begins to explore himself and then destroys his family. The awkward teen finds support and community to thrive. The lonely soldier far away goes through hard times and becomes an activist. An individual in another country provides cultural and political insight that helps you see your world in a different light.

Blogs are alternately inspiring and banal because life is alternatively exciting and banal. Blogs are human connection because people are human connection, deep or interesting in proportion to the author behind them and the reader. As "social texts" blogs provide a way for people to bring themselves to the page, reading it but also others and themselves. Blogs are a useful tool for exposition and reflection, two of the higher callings for any letters.

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Really annoying spam robot challenge

nimrita — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:59:33 GMT

Okay, has anyone else had issues with the spam robot challenges? This is the step you have to do when you're not logged in and want to post to a journal that requires that you be a registered user. You are given the option to log in at the time you post.

However, they've added a new feature where you must type in the combination of letters and numbers you see on the screen to confirm that you are a human, and not a robot. I have no problem with this step, however, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO READ THE FRIGGIN' CHARACTERS.

I just tried literally 9 times with 4-5 separate combos and not one of them were accepted. The characters appear with a sort of scratchy text, I guess to throw off machines with OCR capability. Well guess what LJ -- it throws off us humans too!

Blarg.

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Moderator Message about the Ads

JasonLee — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:05:48 GMT

Believe me, I'm not happy with the advertising, so if you are annoyed as I am then the only way we can change this is by taking our issues to those that can do something about it:

Please post your alternatives, dislikes about the new advertising or other changes made on tribe.net on the following tribes:

http://tribeideas.tribe.net
http://tribebugs.tribe.net
http://releasenotes.tribe.net

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stalking an LJ

Chris — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:55:57 GMT

A post in another topic made me think about this. Have any of you had many problems with people 'stalking' you through your LJ, or people who were not wanted trying to comment or find out what you were up to through your LJ, and so forth? (If, that is, you were even aware of it?) And if so, what were you able to do about it---if anything?
Just curious what kind of experiences people may have had out there.
Chris

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A request to all LiveJournal Users

JasonLee — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:02:18 GMT

Please spread the news below via your Livejournal, we need to get the word out.

We want the truth about the Downing Street Memos!

For more information about the Downing Street Memo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_memo
http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/news.html
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/
http://www.johnconyers.com/index.asp?Type=SUPERFORMS&SEC={8771D3DA-2F3D-49F7-895C-DF473CAEFA2C}

I also created a tribe in regards to these memos... Please Join.

http://tribes.tribe.net/Downingstreet

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Hey everyone!

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 01:56:30 GMT

Just wondering what everyone's LJ names are so I can check yours out! I'm always looking for interesting people to read.

My own LJ is Her_whispers, lately it's been full of rambling and whining and my own patheticness, but the occasional photo and poem or creative prose do make their appearances. Be warned, I tend to ramble a lot, though I'm trying to curb it. Of course, you don't need to add me if you don't want, I just want to read up on you guys!

M.

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New lit_meme community

tsgeisel — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:18:26 GMT

So, I created a new community called "lit_meme". The intended purpose - memes, quizzes and such related to literature. Could be fun, could be a bust - only time will tell.

Check it out here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/lit_meme

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The Name Game

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:08:33 GMT

Why'd you choose the username you created? Does it mean something?

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How many LJ's do you have?

mckenzee — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:39:59 GMT

I have my personal blog, http://mckenzee.livejournal.com,
my webcomic's testing ground, http://www.livejournal.com/~sin_bed_comix,
a comic criticism community, http://www.livejournal.com/~snarkoleptics
and a secondary blog that I just to accumulate all my news feeds and comic strips.

I know a lot of people maintain more than one community or artblogs.
How many do you have?

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love @ lj

brandelyn — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:46:53 GMT

How many of you have had livejournal romances?

I'm totally falling for this guy in Charlotte - problem is, I'm in LA and living with my ex.

d'oh.

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Livejournal server problems

kondwanii — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:23:47 GMT

Since Friday livejournal has been experiencing server problems. I know it's getting fix, and I hope it doesn't cause any lost of our entries. I miss reading my LJ friends entries since the downtime I've been reading forums. I just joined this site today, and I'm glad there is a forum just for livejournal. Does anyone have journals at other sites like blogger,greatestjournal,dead journal and etc ? I only have a livejournal, and I'm thinking about signing up for another online journal site. I'm going to still use livejournal it's nice to have like a backup journal to write in for times like these with the server problems.

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new year

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:08:27 GMT

I hope everyones new year is a blast.What is everyone doing tonight?
BJ

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Hey all

betsyrocket — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 03:10:21 GMT

Im Betsy.. Im new :)

my LJ is http://www.livejournal.com/users/betsy_rocket/

its mostly random blather that no one understands but me heh heh

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welcome to a new website

prem — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:10:42 GMT

hello friends I am from india.i am Premraj, 34 yrs old single.i love travelling poetry, writing internet, music, movies, charity, and many more...
my snail mail addresss PREMRAJ
CHEMBAZHANTHY
MANATHANA 670677
KANNUR KERALA
INDIA.
my email id premrajkum@rediffmail.com
my website www.penpal4ever.com
i like to get friends from any where any gender any age...I wish alll people good things in life....welcome to india....cheer up buddy

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You want to read a live journal?

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:10:27 GMT

I've been looking for readers of my journal shit. Would to be up for taking in a few pages and letting me know what you think?

I was sort of looking to expand my readership, perhaps get some feed back and ideas for more writing, especially from people who dont know me. (currently about 40 people read my stuff on a regular basis, but its all people I know)

anyways, I dont know, its just my day to day stuff, but whatever-shot in the dark:

http://livejournal.com/~saturdaynight16

thanks-Brian

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Shameless Moderator Posting

JasonLee — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:14:55 GMT

Jason Lee - Bushed

Download
http://jl.halogen.org/Works/Jason%20Lee%20-%20Bushed.mp3.single.mxdpls
Stream
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funny thought

SaltLick — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:22:54 GMT

hey folks

just made a tribe, check it out. I thought it'd be funny to have the title of it in my tribes list, so I created it.

poland.tribe.net/tribe/27c...1-27d8-42ea-bd6f-d7e3380b9c56

join me will ya?

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new here

Heather — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 01:21:13 GMT

hello, browsing around and found this tribe, i to have a LJ

http://www.livejournal.com/users/star3777/

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Downloading LJ

shampoocell — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:54:49 GMT

Hi...I'm a newbie so sorry if this has already been discussed, but...

Does anyone know if there's a way to download an entire journal, just for the purpose of backup? I'd really like to save mine somewhere and I don't see a place to do it on the website.

Suggestions?

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Can you feel it?

JasonLee — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 05:56:43 GMT

http://www.loveparadesf.org/images/lp_berlin_clip_hi.mpg

10/2/04 - Tomorrow - 1pm - 9pm!
http://www.loveparadesf.org/eventdetails.html

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Post your journal

calgon — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 14:20:56 GMT

Is there an existing post your journal thread? I am interested in meeting some new LJers.

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meetup in real life?

Unicyclesteve — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 01:37:46 GMT

Well here's an off the cuff thought. Considering what I'm about to do for the next 18 odd months the stratiegic possibilties of actually meeting many of the friends on my LJ friends list has just shot thru the roof (per se).

IF given the opportunity to meet a name from the LJ community or your own friends list that is across the continent would you actually want to meet them inreal life?

Why or whynot?

What brought this on? Well, I'm taking a break from college to pay off some loans and will be driving over the road / OTR within the next week ..... so "those on my FL in LJ" are already aware of this so I'm curious about y'all on here. I'm not sure which company I'll accept yet but, rest asured I'll have decided by next wednesaday- March 9th? :>)

who knows i'd even offer to meet anyone from *here* if it timed right for the route i happen to be driving - ya know?

shade and sweetwater,
steve

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guilty pleasure

tjcrowley — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:17:40 GMT

I have to admit this. I absolutely LOVE http://www.ljdrama.org -- I go there every day.

Maybe it's sick of me to take pleasure in stranger's livejournal drama, but quite frankly some people need to be mocked. And they're begging for it.

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Comment Etiquette?

djmermaid — Wed, 26 May 2004 20:34:23 GMT

I am wondering what is the etiquette for posting comments in peoples LJs? If you don't know someone is it better to just keep quiet? How about if people who I don't really like or know post in mine? It doesn't happen that often but it's kind of weird.

Any advice from seasoned LJers?

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Greetings!

Laura & Brad — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 08:23:16 GMT

I'm new here and new to LJ. I'm loesaurus, not horribly interesting and given to fits of ranting and nonsense, but hello all the same!

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new bisexual communities

Desiree — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:12:32 GMT

Please go check out a couple new El-Jay Communities:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/oregon_bisexual --> for people who are bisexual or interested in it, and in Oregon or interested in Oregon.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/nw_bi_grrls --> for those who identify as bi women residing in the Northwest (as far south as SF, as far north as B.C.) to meet, greet, date, discuss, flirt, and advise.

Please join and enjoy!

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Hello.

Ceara — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:33:10 GMT

My name is Ceara Jaen Baxter and I have a little Tribe called "CJ Needs Friends."
I also have a livejournal, and my username there is "theauthoress" -- stop by and check things out if you want to, but keep in mind that many of my LJ entries in the recent past have become "Friends Only."

Thanks!

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From LJ's theauthoress

Ceara — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:07:20 GMT

Warning! This is a shameless plug geared at LJ members.. and I swear, it's a good ad and not spam!!

I am now offering a discount on orders from my <a href="http://www.cearajaen.com">site</a>, (http://www.cearajaen.com).

All LiveJournal users will receive 15% off on orders of $25 or more (discount not included on S/H and taxes.) When ordering, please put your LJ username in the subject heading in order for your account to be verified.

Please feel free to copy this entry and post it in your journal, even if you are personally not interested or unable to order at this time. Direct your LJ friends to include your username as a referral in their order, and you will receive a free gift!

Thank you so much for helping me,
Ceara Jaen Baxter

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probelms lately?

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:13:51 GMT

Anyone else been havign trouble when they just try to look at their friends page (not log in and then look at it). It seems if I jsut want to catch up I get the 404 error.

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Do You Like Mixes?

JasonLee — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:21:33 GMT

My mixes (your moderator here) are online and under the music link.

http://jl.halogen.org

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Who gives good journal?

Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:02:00 GMT

Which LJs are ones that you would recommend as 'good reading' regardless of whether someone knows that LJ-er?

I picked up a couple to read (theferret & shadesong) via a rather vigorous 'Best of LJ' thread a while back. They were both amongst those who received multiple *nominations* - who else is out there who is worth reading just for their writing?

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Southern California

Sun, 18 Apr 2004 08:25:51 GMT

Anyone from Southern California want to add me? My LJ name is sinsation666.

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Re: Anyone Artistic here?

JasonLee — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:38:34 GMT

So since some of us are creative and artistic folks here, I figured I'd share another social networking site that seems to be more for us creative folk. It's kind of like Tribe, Orkut, or Friendster but specificaly for Musicians, Artists, Djs, Models, and Acting I believe. It's free to sign up and You get about 100mb of space to upload your Demo material (either Music, Video, Art etc) and you can create your own profile and get your work out to people that are in the industry you want to be in.... if you sign up, add me to your friends network... :)

http://www.artistnow.com/Promomag

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new here

faerietale — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 05:35:07 GMT

hey you guys im new here...my live journal is under Aris_faerietale so umm hi and stuff

mwah
ari

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steal & die

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:15:15 GMT

Does anyone get pissed off when another user steals their livejournal colors and icons?? I've started watermarking my photographs with "property of pseudofamous / 2003" because I don't want someone stealing.

This one user, end_serenading stole icons from alljejune. end_serenading didn't even give credit to alljejune, which is bogus. Trying to fake your "own" artwork off of someone else is just wrong. It's not even hers. She didn't even make it herself. alljejune called her out on it and had the proof and I saw it, but for some reason it's not loading.

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Livejournalers in Los Angeles

madmoisellekat — Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:57:47 GMT

I just moved back here temporarily and I'm looking for some new and interesting journals to read. I wouldn't mind eventually meeting people too so that's why I want to find people in LA.

About me: I have had a lot of uncontrollable drama this past year from being laid-off, moving back home, being in a serious car accident, being rejected for an exchange in teaching program. So yeah my life has been rather difficult and my entries are a bit whiney, but I still try to keep my dry sense of humor.

Hope to find other interesting, whiney, whitty, sarcastic journalers in this lovely traffic filled city of Loose Angeles.

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Inkslingers

katfireblade — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:37:51 GMT

Inkslingers, found here: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=inkslingers is a community attempting t be a writer's group. Its brand new and still working out some of the bgs, but if you want to join up, please wander on over. :)

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I am theauthoress on LJ (and this entry is looooong)

Ceara — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:59:28 GMT

And, as I am *very new* to Tribe, I thought I'd introduce myself like I did on LJ in the year 2000 -- By giving 30 random facts about me.. (Oh! and I opened up my own tribe with this, so I hope that doesn't make anyone angry.. it's the only way I could think of to introduce myself..)

1. My full birth name, Jane Lynn Timm, was turned into the nickname "Gelatin" in middle school. When my parents disowned me, for the third and final time, I had my name legally changed to Ceara Jaen Baxter. On August 19, 2001, I held a funeral for Jane Timm Baxter – burnt a copy of my birth certificate, a baby picture of me and my old Social Security card, then put in the ashes in a cardboard coffin and buried it in the backyard. I sent out invitations to Jane’s funeral (six attended) and then had a birthday party for Ceara Jaen Baxter. Obviously, none of my biological family attended – although my Grandmother (who is the only biological family member who loves me) did send flowers and a birthday card.
2. My birth (being female) is recorded in medical journals because I am considered a medical impossibility due to my mother's hormonal imbalance.
3. I have seven sisters who never made it to viable birth.
4. I used to be able to do math homework with one hand and English homework with the other at the same time.
5. My IQ is 176.
6. I am a very good liar, but I really don’t do it, and I don't lie about important things. Just stupid shit that there really is no point in lying about, to either entertain (and then I always admit I’m bullshitting) or to cover my ass.
7. I was once a shop lifter.
8. I've been in and out of therapy FOREVER.
9. I have a birthmark on my face that looks like a bruise but only shows up when I'm very angry.
10. I'm a cutter.
11. I almost died in January 2000, and, indeed, had one of those “near death experiences.” It was interesting, but not like others that I have heard about.
12. I am very loyal to my friends, but I don't have many.
13. My favorite flower is the daisy.
14. I don't like diamonds very much, even though that's my birthstone; I prefer amethyst.
15. I can't spell worth a damn.
16. I am prone to periods of complete disassociation.
17. I am an integrated survivor of MPD (Or DID, whichever initials you prefer for multiple personality disorder.)
18. I have a tendency to act however I am dressed, and will unconsciously take on the accents of people that I'm around.
19. I practice prayer, magic, healings, hexes, meditation and all that kind of stuff but refuse to label myself as a member of any single organized religion, even though I have been: a high priestess of the Dianic Sect, a Western Sufi Mystic and an ordained Charismatic minister. Big Whoop.
20. I chew on the ends of my hair when I'm nervous.
21. I have a trophy for being born, given by my mom's bowling league. The only Friday they didn't bowl was Good Friday, so mom popped out me instead.
22. I have been struck by lightning. Twice.
23. I have always wanted to go swimming naked, but I never have.
24. I get sick all the time. So much so, in fact, that the nickname for me listed in my senior yearbook was "Absent."
25. I was stoned by some teens from the local church for being a witch when I was twelve.
26. I collect Disney animation movies and troll dolls.
27. I'm allergic to ALL grasses.
28. I didn't learn how to drive until I was 20.
29. I like spider jewelry, spider art and spider knick-knacks, but I don't like the real little suckers.
30. My thirty-third birthday will be on Easter 2009.

Bet you're all glad you know this crap, right?

So, look me up on LJ as "theauthoress," or visit my site at www.cearajaen.com, or join my tribe: CJ Needs Friends!

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FOAF: Using LJ like a social network

George — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:04:07 GMT

This setup is really crude right now, but it's rather obvious that the concept of linked friends could sit right on top of the LJ data structures.

Check out this post:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/lj_nifty/96165.html

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The term "friends."

Brian — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:37:50 GMT

Does anyone else think the lj term "friends" is a bit of a misnomer? I sort of wish it were called "frequently read" or something like that instead. In some cases, I really do end up becoming friends with some of the people, in other cases I don't, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy reading them. It seems like some people take the term entirely too literally.

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arranging

nick — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:47:20 GMT

i am trying to set up a live jurnal www.livejournal.com/users/nmorgan/

should i arrange it a little beter like
1 journal for the past memories
1 jurnal for the opinions
and i jurnal for the presant

having everything in one journal may be confusing

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Reel Wild: Movie Review Community

Ro — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:39:00 GMT

I just started a community on LJ for posting reviews of the movies we watch, and have named it in homage to Reel Wild Cinema, the Sandra Bernhard show that was on USA in the 90's.

I plan to start posting reviews to the movies I see in the theaters as well as the ones I get from Netflix. No discrimination as to genre or age of the film. If you love it, if you hate it, if you're moved or left cold, come share your impressions too. The more, the merrier.

Pass it on, share the popcorn, this will be fun!

Visit and join at
http://www.livejournal.com/community/reelwild/

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multiple LJ cuts

solstyce — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:53:49 GMT

Anyone know how to put multiple LJ cuts in one entry? I've seen a bunch of people do it and it's probably really simple but my brain hurts trying ot figure it out :/

Oh yeah and if anyone's interested in reading random ramblings of a photographer/model (who also posts lots of pics), feel free to add me (just let me know ya did). LJ user: EssenceOfTheMus (no 'e').

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new Tribe.Net community at LiveJournal

metaphorge — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:47:25 GMT

Since there was is a LiveJournal tribe here, and since Orkut has its own LiveJournal community, it only seemed logical that there be a LiveJournal community about Tribe. (I adore recursive things.)

The link is right here: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=tribe_dot_net

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LJ Pet Peeves

MC Thom — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:09:55 GMT

From the Department of Righteous Indignation:

As some of you may have noticed, LiveJournal users as a "subculture" have been the subject of much Internet mockery, some of if not altogether undeserved. Let's face it, for every genuinely interesting (or at least inoffensive) journal, there are dozens of subliterate, self-absorbed screeds vomited onto the Net by whiny teen and twenty-something drama queens crying onto their Hot Topic t-shirts.

I'm certain that at least some of you have encountered something on LJ that released your piss and vinegar valve, perhaps to such a degree that it made you question why you were even there. Go ahead and vent a little, you'll feel better. For me, it's the following:

1. People who write something incendiary or just plain tactless in a public entry, often in regard to another individual, then seem genuinely surprised when their bonehead statement comes back to haunt them. What is it about having a blog that causes some people to hemorrhage common sense faster than sand through a sieve? If you didn't want the target of your rant to find out about it, then why in God's name did you publish it for the entire frickin' planet to read?

2. The act of indicating a certain individual by the first letter of his or her name (or some term or epithet like "the guy" or "that annoying bitch"). Precisely who is this supposed to fool? If I know you and/or your friends, then chances are I'll know who you're talking about. If I don't, then I probably don't care (or read your journal). You haven't exactly challenged me to decipher the Enigma code, here.

3. Liberally peppering one's journal with terms like "w00t," the "<3" symbol, and their ilk. If you have a habit of doing this and you're not a 13-year-old girl (or pretending to be one), how do you respect yourself at all? For your sake and mine, let's give the 'Tween Talk a rest, shall we?

4. Writing entirely in lower case (or caps), applying punctuation like Jackson Pollock applied paint (also known as "Diarrhea of the Keyboard"). Are you being lazy or artsy? If it's the former, then why are you even bothering to write a 500-word essay on the quality of your lunch or a blow-by-blow synopsis of that dream you had about Legolas last night?

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Beware Of...

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:10:58 GMT

Have you ever bumped into that LiveJournal user who has split personalities? What about the user who caused major drama in your journal? Or the user who seems nice on the outside but is really a basketcase on the inside? Who should someone stay away from? Tell us all... (save the drama & move on!)

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favorite feeds

aimee — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:12:29 GMT

anyone have any satellite feeds to recommend?

my faves are:
dictionary_wotd
and
wilwheaton

(because i am a geek, yes i am)

what about you?

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About Livejournal and the future of, uh, stuff.

John — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:30:39 GMT

I wrote this in my head over the last few days, and I'd be interested to hear what people think, and where they see communities like Tribe fitting in too.

Link, because it's long-ish.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/beingjdc/101775.html

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No large pictures...

FXtrader — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:35:28 GMT

I'm just getting started with a new blog at livejournal.com. I like what I see, but I am dissapointed that the largest size picture you can upload is 100x100.

Is that right? Can I set up a link to another ISP?

Paul

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LJ isn't working again...

Brian — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:37:47 GMT

Does anyone have any idea how Tribe, a free service, seems to work most of the time while Livejournal, a service a lot of us pay for, has so much down time? There's always some kind of announcement like, "the green santa cluster on the ribeye chef server went down, but we're implementing new code we haven't tested yet, so be patient, etc., etc." I understand that problems happen, but I thought that reliability was one of the advantages of a paid service. It seems like even free services like Xanga and Blurty are more reliable. So what is it? Do they need more money from us?

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New

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:26:27 GMT

Hi everyone. I'm somewhat new to Tribe and to Livejournal!

I'm from Southern California!

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Friends?

Edward — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:53:29 GMT

If your LJ is FO, can I ask why?

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no deletes allowed..

FXtrader — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 01:29:50 GMT

I just discovered that once you post a journal entry you cannot delete it. That's a drag.

You can edit it and remove all the text, but the stub remains.

Maybe I should try one of those live journal clients. Which one is best? LJ.Net?

Paul

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could somebody give me a suggestion

dot_calm — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:31:27 GMT

i want to start a new livejournal and i was wondering what you guys think are some of the best places to do so?

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New Friends

karina — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:44:45 GMT

Hello! I'm new to this community and thought I'd put a word out to meet any new peeps on Tribe.net who'd like to be added to my lj friends list. I have an abundance of interests, and am always interested in meeting new people.....

I'm lj-user="karina"

That is my first name, which means precious in Italian :)

http://karina.livejournal.com

You'll need to add me as a friend to read my journal :)

Spank you!

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Webspace for Pics

Wil — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:46:12 GMT

I like to post some of my photography to my journal but recently broke off with the last place I was getting space at.

Anyone have any recommendations?

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News article about LJ / Tribe

John — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:56:22 GMT

This is mostly about security, which I suppose should worry me more than I let it, but it's interesting all the same.

I was reading it as it's about livejournal, and it made me come and check out Tribe. Which tribe did I join.... it's all circular eh?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/34687.html

Er, anyway, hi. My LJ username's beingjdc, and I'm in the UK. I can't seem to search Tribe for nearby members, unless the closest members to my English postcode genuinely are in California, which I seriously doubt.

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Different handle on LJ than on tribe.net? Then introduce yourself here!

markkraft — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:26:49 GMT

Hi... this is insomnia on LiveJournal. I'm probably best known for my work with LiveJournal (see my LJ userinfo for details), but I also moderate LJ's sfbayarea and burning_man communities.

When I looked at all the tribe userpics out there, it occurred to me that I haven't met a lot of you, but that several of you could be on my LJ friends list and I wouldn't even know, because your handles / userpics may be different.

So, please feel free to let people know what your LJ handle is, add me if you're on my friends list, or just introduce yourself.

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invite to LJ pretty please...

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:30:17 GMT

THANKS! grazie! shukran! spasibo!

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please invite me

allison — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:13:27 GMT

Could someone please invite me to LiveJournal? Thanks.

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Thoughts about..."friends only" journals?

Jami — Sat, 08 Nov 2003 04:52:09 GMT

I have a "friends only" journal... I have very few public entries. I don't know if it's the idea of having an ONLINE journal that very few people can access or the fact that ordinarily I am a private person. I'm an extrovert, I am very friendly and outgoing...but I am also the type to have to have alone time.

...and I hate the normal drama that LJ is famous for!

Anyone else have what is called a "friends only" LJ? What are your reasons? If not, why not?

any random thoughts?

J--newbie to Tribe

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Layout

DJ — Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:48:32 GMT

Does everyone like my LJ? http://www.livejournal.com/users/djalien

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help me.

verrycherry84 — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 07:09:42 GMT

can someone who is one livejournal please go and get the "code" cause i want to use it but i need someone who already uses it to get a code...thx

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Newbie

Aldo — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:50:34 GMT

New to the club and to tribe.net...just wanted to say hi to everyone :o)

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Am I the only one?

johnnyeponymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:42:10 GMT

OK, so I use my LJ to basicly post the writings that I figure I'll never to able to get published in real magazines. I don't do the daily, or even monthly updates, but I do have an entry that says anything on my LJ is completely without copyright and can freely be taken and redistributed, or even just scratch my name off, slap your own on and do what you will with it.

Am I the only one who thinks that its more important to get your thoughts out their than to get credit for them?
Chris: The Writer of Poor Fiction, The Kicker of Elves
aka
johnnyeponymous

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LJ politics

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:28:09 GMT

Does anyone think there's LJ politics surrounding friend lists and such?

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hidden jewels

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:15:01 GMT

Livejournal is becomming a bit more like vanilla icecream. Vanilla is plain, but can be sophisicated if you add tasty toppings like hot chocolate sauce, sprinkles, or whiped cream. The journals that I have read in the past (excluding the few I have listed) are like plain vanilla icecream. Please insert the username of someone who is simply interesting/and or is good at keeping a journal. Someone who has a little mystery to them, but keeps you intrigued enough to know more. Don't insert someone who has a huge following. I'm more interested in discovering a hidden jewel, rather than someone who is quite popular.

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Invite me into LiveJournal Please

davejoy — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:07:49 GMT

Thankyouthankyouthankyou

Fierce Hobbit

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Can Someone invite me to livejournal so I can get it FREE!!!

ChazR — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:33:12 GMT

Invite me plz lol Chaz

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somecanuckchick

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:02:51 GMT

Hiya!

http://somecanuckchick.livejournal.com

Nice to zee you all here! :)

:) SC

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aradtech.livejournal.com

KoolKam — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:10:08 GMT

Hi all , I'm a fellow LJ user/ Developer pleased to meet ya's !

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Hey

TomKat — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:12:54 GMT

Any of you Bay area LJers going to be at Tribe.net's party on Nov. 7th?

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LJ friends list

meowpurrr — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:48:34 GMT

If anyone wants to add me to their LJ friends list, go ahead. I havent played with the site very much yet so my list is not extensive, but I think its time to delve deeper into whats available. So many people to find, so little time :)

Meowpurrr
Liriel myessenseislove LJ sn

(I know I mis-spelled it, I realized as soon as I had claimed it-but oh well)

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art/drawing LJ

Veruka — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 19:18:44 GMT

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=verukadraws

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pancho69.livejournal.com

Myles — Sun, 12 Oct 2003 01:14:48 GMT

that's about all you need to know.

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I'm addicted

Tue, 07 Oct 2003 20:14:36 GMT

I don't know what is worse, Tribe, myspace, friendster, LJ, or all the others out there. Thoughts?

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I have one too =)

meowpurrr — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 18:44:10 GMT

http://www.livejournal.com/users/myessenseislove I only make the time to post sparatically though.

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Invite Codes Available for Creating Commuities

jette — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:39:08 GMT

http://www.livejournal.com/community/invitecodes/33608.html?mode=reply

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Not as open, but still around.

josienutter — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:05:33 GMT

Due to being harassed anonymously for 2 months by a local stalker, I no longer post overly personal things, but it's still relatively open. :)

http://josienutter.livejournal.com

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yeah, me too.

freydis — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:39:06 GMT

My lj can be found at http://www.livejournal.com/users/freydis

I'm terribly exciting, yo.

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my lj

Bam — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:06:43 GMT

oy. http://www.livejournal.com/~bamzilla is my live journal.

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Road-trippin

Thorne — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:46:12 GMT

Any LJ users that love/need to road trip for their sanity and want a car companion,add me.Ah what the hell...add me anyway.

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An intro

TomKat — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:39:15 GMT

Hi there, just thought I would do a quick post introducing myself. My LJ is under the name "cernnunos6669".

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Hi I'm new here

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:22:02 GMT

I have heard this livejournal is cool. Will someone invite me to it pleez? I would really appreciate it.
grrl8trax@earthlink.net

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Something in me

JasonLee — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:37:22 GMT

Says, something like this should be integrated with Livejournal or visa versa.... I dunno though, I could have smoked too much crack.

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stalk me or something.

zhak — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:54:14 GMT

http://www.livejournal.com/users/cortezthekiller

is me.

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newbie to live journal and tribe...

Gabrielle — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:19:56 GMT

Hey all saw the tribe and thought it apropro....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/exandthecity/

Sex and the city meets the music business meets My crazy life....or so I have been told.

GG

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if ya feel like stalking?

lastandreine — Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:39:59 GMT

www.livejournal.com/users/lastandreine

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How would you integrate?

patti — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:02:28 GMT

I have a livejournal, and I use (and work at) Tribe. I often wish that the two were integrated in some way, though I'm not exactly sure what I mean by that.

If you were going to tie the two together, how would you do it? How would you want them to work together?

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my journal

jazztrombone — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:56:03 GMT

i figured since this is a livejournal tribe, i might as well share my journal with you guys, so here goes:

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=bluetooth

-henry

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livejournal is my therapy...

sugarbunni — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:18:44 GMT

Check me out:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/sugarbunni/

I need more LJ friends.

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LJ stats

marccanter — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:14:37 GMT

I really appreciate Brad and company displaying their statistics - for us all to see.

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#livejournal

RobertDaleAnderson — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:27:10 GMT

There's been a small group meeting on tuesday nights, 10 EST, on babylon.beyondirc.net, channel #livejournal

Drop by. There's others that stop in different times during the week.

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