Subj : Re: Raiders Inc BBS
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Sep 06 2025 13:43:29

  Re: Re: Raiders Inc BBS
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Sep 06 2025 12:46 pm

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

That's cool.  I didn't know (or remember) LiveJournal allowed that kind of customization.

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

That's sad. :(

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

Yeah, I used to use LiveJournal back then, and then my contacts/friends there moved to MySpace and/or Facebook (later).  I enjoyed using LiveJournal.

The main reason I'm using Facebook now is that's what most my friends & family use.  I would have stayed on LiveJournal or MySpace if they were there instead. Sometimes I wonder what makes a certain social network so popular, and why Facebook has been so popular for so long now.  To me, it basically seems like basically the same thing, but different site.

Nightfox

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