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no, you cannot read anyone's livejournal without joining. many people make some or all of their entries friends-only, which can only be read by people on their
by allenbrunson 18y ago
no, you cannot read anyone's livejournal without joining. many people make some or all of their entries friends-only, which can only be read by people on their friends list.
it's features like this one, and many others, that make connectedness with friends much stronger than on traditional blogging platforms.
- mdasen 18y agoTo add a bit, LJ users can leave comments attached to their accounts and so comments become "by someone" in a way that blog comments aren't always. Likewise, you can look through the friends lists of people you're friends with and see if you like their stuff. It's not a great network affect like AIM or Facebook, but it's definitely there.
- raffi 18y agoI have a lifetime account on livejournal. An LJ friend actually bought it for me (I was very surprised). I love the service and use it as an online diary. It has novelty to those of us who want that. Plus some of us started with it many years ago (2001 for me) and never left.
- andrewf 18y agoNot strictly true. Livejournal supports OpenID for this purpose. (The average user will just join).