Soon, they'll all have them...

[tinyjo]

You know blogging's mainstream when the BBC are writing about it :) Is there a different word to describe the more diary like sites from the list o links type sites - they seem to come under the blanket heading of blogs these days.

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It seems to start with the assumption that you want people to read your journal which is where it falls down for me. As far as I'm concerned, the trick is to not mind/be flattered if other people do read your journal (and be aware that it *is* a public forum) but also not mind/feel hurt if people don't. I feel like if I was writing for other people then I would lose the thing I enjoy about journalling - the cathartic effect of pouring out my whinges. Its nice if people read them, but somehow just the fact that they *could* read them is enough for that effect.

I subscribe to the view that from my point of view, most web journals do suck (use the random function at your peril), in that I don't enjoy reading them. However, that has no bearing on whether or not they should be written and I would never suggest that someone should be making an effort to make their journal more readable to me. I guess the point is that it's my choice - if I don't think they're good, I don't have to read them.

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Yup, I agree with all of the above.

Especially the random journal bit, the few blogs/journals I read by people I don't know I've found by a chain of referral from people I do.