LJ is not any one specific thing, it is a tool whose use is defined by the user.
Six apart may call it a networking tool and that influences the user who sign on and use it which is fine. But the fact that the information here both in content and control is so varied it's impossible to say it's just one thing, especially and open forum for all to view.
To compare it's like a blank notebook. You can take it home and write in it never to show anyone your thoughts, you can write a best selling novel, you can draw art for just yourself or your friends, or you could write a scathing political manifesto and pass it around for all to see. The only thing LJ can do that the notebook can't is have links and media from all over the internet collected there or linked there.
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Date: 2009-01-15 10:29 pm (UTC)Six apart may call it a networking tool and that influences the user who sign on and use it which is fine. But the fact that the information here both in content and control is so varied it's impossible to say it's just one thing, especially and open forum for all to view.
To compare it's like a blank notebook. You can take it home and write in it never to show anyone your thoughts, you can write a best selling novel, you can draw art for just yourself or your friends, or you could write a scathing political manifesto and pass it around for all to see. The only thing LJ can do that the notebook can't is have links and media from all over the internet collected there or linked there.