Maintaining an online journal and joining a community that has the same interests that you do is possible with Livejournal.com. This virtual community and social networking website makes it feasible for friends, acquaintances, and even strangers to communicate on the same platform and to leave comments on each other’s journal entries and also on uploaded photos.
Livejournal.com differs on most blogsites in the sense that this social networking site is also a virtual community much like the popular social websites. There is the friends list where you can view friends’ profiles and blogs, invite friends, accept the invites of friends, and interact with people without the hassle and stress. Moreover, the member can choose different level of accounts according to his needs and paying capacity.
Members of this site or account owners can choose different account levels. At Livejournal.com, they can opt for the basic account level, plus account level, or the paid account level. Upon creating an account on this site, the member will be asked which account level to choose. There are certain features that are present in one account and absent in another. As for the basic account, there are only a limited number of display pictures on posts and comments, only about a hundred customized designs for the journal, and only 25 subscriptions to new posts, friends, and comments.
The plus account is still free but is loaded with much more features. The only downside is that this account level has advertisement postings on the account site or journal of the member. However, the added features are numerous, like the ability of the member to post photos on the journal via his mobile phone, develop and post surveys, add audio posts aside form the written posts and to store more photos at 1GB capacity.
Finally, the paid account has a starting fee of about $2 per month, depending on whether the member can make instant payments. The advanced features of this paid account makes it attractive for those who want the best journal and online community interaction and are willing to pay a little extra for it. The paid membership level allows the ability to post and upload posts, comments, and photos in a degree that’s twice or thrice more than the basic and plus accounts. It has all the features of the other lower accounts in greater capacity and a few extra bonuses included as well. The member is able to have an actual email address from Livejournal.com, and the ability to use an easier and faster access during times of high site traffic, called the “Express Laneâ€. Along with the basic account, this account level has no ad postings on the journal pages.
Members of this online community can also choose who can read their posts and view their pictures. The security option can make Livejournal.com members to choose the private setting, so as to have their pages accessible only by friends. In the same way, comments can also be limited within friends or community members.
The community option for members makes this website more unique than other social networking websites. By joining a community, a member is not only able to post entries on his own journal or site; he is also allowed to post journal entries on the community site. However, these community sites are managed by several users who are able to maintain it on a regular basis.
So if you have something to write about, or some cause that you want to dedicate you journal to, then join Livejournal.com, an online community that has the excellent features of social networking and blogging site, all in one flexible account.
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