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This is a comparison of sites publicly accessible on the internet known to be using the LiveJournal codebase.
The LiveJournal web community is based on open source software for blogging and social networking, primarily written in Perl. Because of this, many other communities have been designed using the LiveJournal software. These sites have very similar features and formats to LiveJournal itself.[1] However, they often have different terms of service than LiveJournal's, making them attractive to users who have become disenchanted with LiveJournal's rules and wish to move their journals to other hosts.[2]
General Information & Feature Comparison[]
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | RSS Feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
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Academ | 2006 | Russian community | Template:Nts [3] | Template:Nts [3] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Asks | 2006 | Japanese community | Template:Nts [4] | Template:Nts [4] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
BlogEnglish | 2007 | Russian/English language study | Template:Nts [5] | Template:Nts [5] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
BlogOnline | 2005 | Russian community | Template:Nts [6] | Template:Nts [6] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Blurty | 2002 | General 18+ community | Template:Nts [7] | Template:Nts [7] | Open to people 18 and over | Paid only | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
BootieJournal | 2003 | Private site | Template:Nts [8] | Template:Nts [8] | Invite-only | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Caleida | 2003 | General journaling site | Template:Ntsh Unknown | Template:Ntsh Unknown | Open | All users | 3 | 100 | 2.5 USD | 20 USD | N/A |
CommieJournal | 2007 | General 18+ community | Template:Nts [9] | Template:Nts [9] | Open to people 18 and over | N/A | 100 | 500 | 5 USD | 20 USD | 75 USD |
CrazyLife | 2003 | General journaling community | Template:Nts [10] | Template:Nts [10] | Open to people 13 and over | All users | Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
DeadJournal | 2001 | Dark-themed community | Template:Nts [11] | Template:Nts [11] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | All users | 5 | 50 | 2.5 USD | 15 USD | N/A |
GreatestJournal | 2003 | Roleplaying focused community | Template:Nts [12] | Template:Nts [12] | Disabled | Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Inksome | 2007 | 18+ fandom-friendly community, formerly known as Scribblit | Template:Nts [13] | Template:Nts [13] | Invite-only or paid | Paid users and early contributors can create, free users can read | 150[14] | 300[14] | 3.33 USD | 25 USD | N/A |
InsaneJournal | 2001 | Insane asylum-themed community | Template:Nts [15] | Template:Nts [15] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 100 | 250 | N/A | 20 USD | N/A |
Isurgut | 2004 | Russian community | Template:Nts [16] | Template:Nts [16] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ivanovo | 2005 | Russian community | Template:Nts [17] | Template:Nts [17] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
IziBlog | 2004 | French community | Template:Nts [18] | Template:Nts [18] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) | All users | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
JournalFen | 2003 | Media fan focused community for 18+ only | Template:Nts [19] | Template:Nts [19] | Invite-only or paid | Paid users can create, free users can read | 10 | 500/1000 | N/A | 24/36 USD | N/A |
Kraslan | 2006 | Russian community | Template:Nts [20] | Template:Nts [20] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
LiveJourbal | 2005 | Gerbil-themed community | Template:Nts [21] | Template:Nts [21] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | Unknown | 15 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 25 USD |
LiveJournal | 1999 | Original LiveJournal site | Template:Nts [22] | Template:Nts [22] | Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 15 | 30 | 3 USD | 19.95 USD | N/A |
LiveLogCity | 2003 | General community | Template:Nts [23] | Template:Nts [23] | Open | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
lj rossia | 2005 | Russian community | Template:Nts [24] | Template:Nts [24] | Open | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
LostJournal | 2005 | General community | Template:Nts [25] | Template:Nts [25] | Invite-only or paid (OpenID) | Paid users can create, free users can read | 3 | 15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Scribbld | 2007 | General community | Template:Nts [26] | Template:Nts [26] | Open (OpenID) | Paid only | 6 | 50 | 5 USD | 20.00 USD | N/A |
Sviesta Ciba | 2007 | Latvian community | Template:Nts [27] | Template:Nts [27] | Open to people 13 and over | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
uJournal (AboutMyLife) | 2002 | Unavailable since May 2007[28] | Template:Ntsh Unknown | Template:Ntsh Zero | Suspended | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Name | Year Began | Description/Focus | Registered users | Updated in past 30 days | Registration | RSS Feeds | Userpics Free | Userpics Paid | Monthly Cost for Paid Account | Yearly Cost for Paid Account | Permanent Account |
References[]
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- ↑ Template:Citation: "While the sites that are hosts to online journals may attract different crowds, their formats vary only slightly: a LiveJournal is a Blurty is a Xanga is a DeadJournal is a DiaryLand."
- ↑ Template:Citation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Academ (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Asks (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 BlogEnglish (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BlogOnline (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blurty (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 BootieJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CommieJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CrazyLife (accessed 12 June 2008)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 DeadJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 GreatestJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Inksome (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4069: attempt to call field 'set_selected_modules' (a nil value).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 InsaneJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Isurgut (accessed 23 March 2008)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Ivanovo (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 IziBlog (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 JournalFen (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Kraslan (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 LiveJourbal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 LiveJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 LiveLogCity (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 lj rossia (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 LostJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Scribbld (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Sviesta Ciba (accessed 9 June 2008)
- ↑ How long? About My Life Forums (accessed 22 May 2008)
External links[]
- Livejournal codebase: most recent version (viewable code); subversion repository
- "Blogware & CMS - Where to Create a Blog"
- "LiveJournal Churns Users and Squeezes Small Hosts" — historical figures (2005)
- "The Living Breathing Clones"