a nit about the new Live Journal

[susandennis]

This is my JOURNAL...

The new Live Journal now thinks it'a  blog.  They have now tagged everything a blog. Wonder if they plan on changing the domain name - LiveBlog???

There is  a pretty substantial difference to me and this is my journal not my blog.

Journal = a daily record of news and events of a personal nature; a diary.
Blog = a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.

Comments

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I agree, I don't "blog", I just write & post pictures.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Do I "blog," or don't I? LOL

[susandennis]

You have a Dill Doe... you can do what you want! hahahahahaha - best userpic ever.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

I kinda inherited it from somebody who disappeared from LJ. It had been around for so long that he couldn't trace its original source. And yes, I love it too, and I use it when I need an ironic userpic. :)

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I think of a "blog" as having more of a focus - like people who run an online site devoted to a particular topic. Like my friend, who runs a frozen yogurt website. I consider that a blog, since it's just her, and it's all about one topic.
Just my opinion, though. LJ might be a blog to certain people, but it's a journal for me.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the concept of "journal" only exists on LJ. There were plenty wordpress or blogspot or whatever users whose blogs were very much "journals"; I guess there are some of them left even now that Facebook has taken over.

But now that I think of it, there are plenty of Russian journals here on LJ that are very much your idea of "blogs" rather than journals. But I don't think that's the reason the LJ management wants to rename the journals into blogs. I guess they are just trying to brand LJ as something more easily understandable/recognizable to potential users... but that's just a guess, of course.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think you're right. "Blog" is just the current word that people use, and they want to be modern.

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

As the concept as mentioned above between a journal Vs a blog is absolutely correct.

I've always considered a journal to be more private in nature (though not necessarily), with a much looser focus, a blog is really about a particular subject, or subjects that interrelate to each other, such as design blogs, or food/recipe blogs, or DIY blogs.

A good example of a blog would be say Manhattan Nest (DIY/Decor), Smitten Kitchen (recipes primarily), both run by individuals. Apartment Therapy or the Kitchn, blogs in every sense, but have multiple contributors, along with a FT staff for editorial means.

That said, I have both a journal, and a blog, and they are totally different animals.

My journal is about everything else under the sun, the blog is mostly about DIY/decor/home, cooking etc, and much of that will commence once I have a new humble abode purchased, hopefully soon.

Blogs are more often than not done with a professional intent in mind as well, and often relates to one's career in some fashion.

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

I'm not particularly put off by the term blog. If you look at my Livejournal, my catch phrase at the top reads Cogito ergo blogeo.

Like you I prefer the term journal, which feels more personal and to a degree, more literate. I prefer being here on LJ. I see this venue as a site for people who like to write, and for the most part do it well, as well as a place for people who like to read. If feels both more cogent and less frenetic than say Facebook (a place where you'll never find me).

There are some superb writers here like say drood or fabulist - folks who're just an absolute treat to read, and frankly people I wish would post more often, and others who's talent for visual arts just delight the eye such as bitterlawngnome.

And while I have your attention in particular, madam, you're one of the reasons I log on everyday, as are several who've just responded to this post.

[susandennis]

What a lovely and wonderful thing for you to say. Thank you.

Thank you, too, for fabulist. I've been a drood ite and a stalker of bitterlawngnome for ages but now I have a new one to add!