LiveJournal
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LiveJournal (often called LJ) is a website where Internet users can keep a blog, journal, or diary. It is also the name of the software that was designed to run it. LiveJournal is different from some other blogging sites, because a user can interact with friends in certain ways that are unique to the website. It is based in San Francisco, California.
LiveJournal was started in 1999 by Brad Fitzpatrick as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities. In January 2005, blogging software company Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, the company owned by Fitzpatrick, which operates LiveJournal.
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LiveJournal has a service called a "friends list", which makes the site a way to socialize with friends, even though it is a blog service too.
LiveJournal lets users change their accounts in several ways. A programming language called S2 can help users make their blogs look different. Users may upload small pictures called userpics, which appear next to the username. People can pay to get more features, like extra userpics, the ability to record their voices into a post ("voice posts"), the ability to make polls, and better layouts.
Each user also has a "User Info" page, which can contain contact information, a biography of the user, and lists of friends, interests, communities, and even schools.
Currently LiveJournal has five kinds of accounts. About 95% of all LiveJournal users don't pay anything, and their accounts are called free. People can pay for their accounts and get more features, or they can get a "sponsored" account, which is free and has more features too, but has advertisements. "Early adopters" are the accounts of people who signed up for LiveJournal in 2000. There are also permanent accounts. Most people can't get a permanent account. LiveJournal only sells them sometimes, and they may not sell them again.
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