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[Jim Allman <jim AT ibang.com>]

On Apr 5, 2005, at 2:16 PM, childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> Tanner says blogging is different from journaling because of the focus
> of the individual writer (extro vs. intro) - so why would that cause
> people to treat LJ-based writers who write on serious issues with an
> outward focus in the same way as their lovelorn high-schooler
> counterparts, simply because they use the same blog host?  What kind of
> loopy (il)logic is that?

Location matters. There's just something different about a restaurant 
on a boat, or a church in a strip mall. Nothing to do (necessarily) 
with the food or fellowship inside, but it's a different first 
impression. If that doesn't bother you, go for it!

For what it's worth, LJ does seem to have a distinctive culture. Lots 
of (decorated) links to friends' LJ pages, funky nicknames, and a 
fondness for navel-gazing fun like "What flavor of ice cream would you 
be?" I imagine you could avoid all that stuff, but I wonder if the JL 
authoring tool somehow encourages it?

  =jimA=

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Jim Allman
Interrobang Digital Media
http://www.ibang.com/
(919) 649-5760