Subj : Re: Raiders Inc BBS
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Sep 06 2025 12:46:18

  Re: Re: Raiders Inc BBS
  By: Nightfox to Jon Justvig on Sat Sep 06 2025 09:00 am

 > MySpace sort of did that by allowing users to customize their MySpace page
 > with HTML and CSS styling, as well as music.  I've heard a lot of people
 > actually didn't like the inconsistency of everyone's profile pages though.  
 > guess individuality and personalization isn't everyone's cup of tea.

Livejournal had a whole template system customizable with CSS. Made for a nice hybrid between a blog platform and a social network. I just logged onto LJ, still see some friends' posts.

It saddens me to look back at LJ; two of my friends IRL and on LJ have passed away in the years since we hung out there. It was a simpler time, definitely.

The Blog Era in the early 2000s was fun; I was living and working in San Francisco, LiveJournal had an office there, Wordpress and Moveable Type were there as well. The Tmobile Sidekick started a "moblog" trend, with people posting low-res photos from their "smart" phones. Blogger, too, I think - this was before they were bought by Google. Interesting times.

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