LJ 20th Anniversary

[orangerful]

My LJ was created in 2001 so it is a few years shy of 20, but still going strong. I honestly don't know what my life would be like without LJ. I made so many friends through different fandoms, learned basic HTML and Photoshop, and it has always been there for me as a place to ramble. For a site that is dead, there seems to be a lot of activity! I've said it many times, but I think LJ is one of the best social media platforms — the posts, the threaded comments, the communities. It has always felt easier to find like-minded people here than any other service.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Wow, that was pretty early on that you opened an account then.

[nikitiume]

Happy Live Journal anniversary! :) It’s been a while since I posted there, but I have a lot of good memories of the website too A lot of my friends moved on to other social media platforms so I slowed down.

I still miss that form of social media because I feel like it encourages people to have conversations.

[geeklover80]

For a site that is dead, there seems to be a lot of activity!

I agree! There are definitely not as many fandom communities and posts as before, but I still get quite a bit of activity on my TL most days.

Stacey

[bungalow_life]

I opened my account in 2001 too. I haven't been posting there for a while, but I miss it as a platform and I definitely felt that my timeline died off, which is part of why I stopped using it, but I also feel like nothing else really does what it does, and it lends itself to comments and conversation so much better than anywhere else and I miss that.

[orangerful]

Yeah, there is still a sense of community here that you can't quite get anywhere else.