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  • "Moral of the story: Do not look at the gap. The gap is the mind-killer. Remember how Wile E. Coyote never fell down until he saw the chasm? It’s just like that." --Taylor "Tei" Lindstrom, Rogue Ink

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  • "I think we have come to find out that the Education system, run by Liberal Hippies that really couldn't find any other job that allowed them so much time off, the ability to do drugs, and to spout their rhetoric is alive and well. It is teaching out kids things like 'Abortion is Good,' 'Government is Bad.' We have educators that, for the most part, don't teach to the subject, they teach to their beliefs. It is really sad, and even sadder when you see highly intelligent children buying into it." --Kelli

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Unscientific Observations on the Differences Between Blogger and LiveJournal

October 12, 2004

Before I found Blogger, I knew some people who had blogs on LiveJournal. The stuff they wrote about was not only very personal, but frankly, pretty dull. They wrote about how misunderstood they were, their boyfriends and girlfriends, their other friends, their parties, how much they hated their parents, their feelings. I used to attribute these dramas to teen angst, though there are a few who are far beyond teenagers. My initial reaction to reading this stuff was, “Why would anyone write this stuff for everyone to see? Blogs are silly.” I was above blogging.

When I decided to create my website, the idea of blogging became appealing to me. I knew my entries would be different than the ones I’d read on LiveJournal and I’ve found lots of blogs on Blogger by people who are more like me. I guess I tend to think of Bloggers as a more mature crowd than the people on LiveJournal. I’ve since found a scant few blogs on LJ that are written by (gasps!) adults.

The main difference I’ve noticed between LiveJournal and Blogger is the frequency of their entries. While Bloggers post new entries 3-4 times a week, my LJ friends post new entries once every week or two. I guess it’s because the younger group only writes when they are miserable, and the older group only writes when life allows them a little extra time. Either way, the blogs I’ve found through Blogger have been much more interesting.

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5 Responses to “Unscientific Observations on the Differences Between Blogger and LiveJournal”

  1. Oz Says:
    October 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am

    One of the first blogs I ever found (just by looking through the titles of the “recently updated”) was by a 13 year old girl who also has a live journal blog as well as the blogger blog I found. She always referred to her other blog as her lj, and I always wondered, What the heck is an lj? I asked her once in a comment, but apparently she isn’t one to respond to comments. Anyway, most of her blogger posts are about how she hates her mother or she hates some girl at school or she like some guy at school. I still read it. Very entertaining in a junior high kind of way.

  2. Captainwow Says:
    October 13th, 2004 at 9:44 am

    Interesting you should say that… I thought the same thing.

  3. Whimsy Chick Says:
    October 13th, 2004 at 9:58 pm

    When I read back over this entry, I feel like a bit of a snob. I’m sure there are journals on Blogger that are written by angst driven teenagers. Luckily, I haven’t found many of them yet. :)

  4. Anonymous Says:
    October 14th, 2004 at 2:36 pm

    I really have little of value to add. So, I’ll just leave you with this link to the Oct 14th “edition” of my favorite comic strip, Dork Tower.

    Da Grump

  5. Janet Says:
    October 18th, 2004 at 7:51 pm

    I never really noticed the differences between them before. I do find it kind’ve ironic though that the one known as “LIVE” journal is actually the less updated of the two.

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