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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Because it's got a number of simple social networking features that LJ lacks, integrates with as many things as Facebook does, and *isn't Facebook*.

I know a whole lot of people who've moved their personal-life blogging to G+ for pretty much exactly that reason. I'm not a huge fan myself - way too easy to lose a post since G+ aped the idiotic "not a sequential chronological list of posts" friends list format - but I get it. People use G+ for the same reason people use Facebook, except G+ is run by Google and thus isn't actively maliciously out to ruin your life.

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

The jury's out on Google's motives (life ruination or no). All I can say is they have consistently avoided the kind of poop-eater comments and actions that mar the likes of F&c@Book.

Perhaps they are still too subtle for users to notice the ruination action.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

"Google is not yet actively, maliciously, obviously trying to make you suffer, the way Facebook always does and always has".

Better?

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

Much, though I would prefer ". . . not yet obviously acting maliciously. . . ." This gives, I feel, more accuracy in describing the malicious activity that is not yet obvious.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I still got my fingers crossed for a LiveJournal revival. :D

[blackdwarv.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping Yahoo buys then spins off a unified product with Flicr, Tumblr and LJ, combining the best aspects of all them all.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I can go for that dream. However, after establishing itself and Flicker, I don't think they have really done anything very smart and successful, but merely trying to hold on to what success they had, trying to keep from falling into oblivion, where LJ seems to have already fallen.

[blackdwarv.livejournal.com]

Presisely. This is something fairly easy they can do with products they (more or less) own, yet don't seem to have figured out.

LJ exists in a fairly unique niche... not quite blog, not quite social network. It's by nature conversation-based and longform... something that FB and G+ do not have (and Twitter... ugh.)