Comparison of sites using the LiveJournal codebase

Comparison of sites using the LiveJournal codebase

This is a comparison of sites publicly accessible on the internet known to be using the LiveJournal codebase.

The LiveJournal web community is based on open source software for blogging and social networking, primarily written in Perl. Because of this, many other communities have been designed using the LiveJournal software. These sites have very similar features and formats to LiveJournal itself.[1] However, they often have different terms of service than LiveJournal's, making them attractive to users who have become disenchanted with LiveJournal's rules and wish to move their journals to other hosts.[2] Unlike the others on this list, Dreamwidth is a code fork of the Livejournal code.[3]

Contents

General Information & Feature Comparison

Name Year Began Description/Focus Registered users Updated in past 30 days Registration Ability to syndicate off-site feeds Userpics Free Userpics Paid Monthly Cost for Paid Account Yearly Cost for Paid Account Permanent Account
Asks 2006 Japanese community &1000000000001151400000011,514 [4] &10000000000000123000000123 [4] Open Unknown 3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Blurty 2002 General 18+ community &100000000010022400000001,002,240 [5] &100000000000086660000008,666 [5] Open to people 18 and over Paid only 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
DeadJournal 2001 Dark-themed community &10000000000499828000000499,828 [6] &100000000000019330000001,933 [6] Invite-only or paid (OpenID) All users 5 50 2.5 USD 15 USD N/A
Dreamwidth 2008 Open-source social networking platform. Allows to import entries from an LJ journal with comments. &10000000000615520000000615,520 [7] &1000000000001935600000019,356 [7] Invite-only or paid (OpenID)[8] All users[9] 15 [9] 100/250 [9] 3 USD[9] 35 to 50 USD[9] 200 USD[9]
InsaneJournal 2001 Insane asylum-themed community &100000000012221510000001,222,151 [10] &10000000000140971000000140,971 [10] Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) Paid users can create, free users can read 100 250 5 USD 25 USD N/A
Ivanovo 2005 Russian community &1000000000001112300000011,123 [11] &10000000000000330000000330 [11] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
IziBlog 2004 French & English community &1000000000001260600000012,606 [12] &10000000000000115000000115 [12] Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) All users 150 N/A N/A N/A N/A
JournalFen 2003 Fandom focused community for 18+ only &1000000000001975000000019,750 [13] &10000000000000576000000576 [13] Invite-only or paid Paid users can create, free users can read 10 500/1000 N/A 24/36 USD N/A
Kraslan 2006 Russian community &100000000000010150000001,015 [14] &1000000000000006900000069 [14] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
LiveJournal 1999 Original LiveJournal site &1000000002616636600000026,166,366 [15] &10000000000857802000000857,802 [15] Open to people 13 and over (OpenID) Paid users can create, free users can read 6 [free] or 15 [plus] 30 3 USD 19.95 USD 175 USD
Lj.Rossia.org 2005 Russian community. Allows to import entries from an LJ journal (even suspended) with comments. &1000000000004942000000049,420 [16] &100000000000016750000001,675 [16] Open All users 100 N/A[17] N/A[17] N/A[17] N/A[17]
OpenWeblog 2005 Unknown &10000000000000452000000452 [18] &100000000000000050000005 [18] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Scribbld 2007 General community &1000000000002909400000029,094 [19] &10000000000000686000000686 [19] Open (OpenID) Paid only 6 50 5 USD 20.00 USD N/A
Sviesta Ciba 2002 Latvian community &1000000000002891900000028,919 [20] &1000000000001032400000010,324 [20] Open to people 13 and over Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Name Year Began Description/Focus Registered users Updated in past 30 days Registration RSS Feeds Userpics Free Userpics Paid Monthly Cost for Paid Account Yearly Cost for Paid Account Permanent Account

Defunct Sites

These are sites that previously ran the LiveJournal codebase, but are either no longer available or have transitioned to using a different codebase.

Name Year Began Description/Focus Registered users Updated in past 30 days Registration Ability to syndicate off-site feeds Userpics Free Userpics Paid Monthly Cost for Paid Account Yearly Cost for Paid Account Permanent Account
Academ 2006 Russian community &10000000000000967000000967 [21] &10000000000000260000000260 [21] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
BlogEnglish 2007 Russian/English language study &10000000000000374000000374 [22] &100000000000000090000009 [22] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
BlogOnline 2005 Russian community, defunct as of early 2008 &10000000000818127000000818,127 [23] &1000000000001522100000015,221 [23] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
BootieJournal 2003 Private site, not responding as of 2010 &1000000000000006900000069 [24] &100000000000000020000002 [24] Invite-only Unknown Unknown N/A N/A N/A N/A
Caleida 2003 General journaling site, not responding as of 2010 &10000000000000000000000 Unknown &10000000000000000000000 Unknown Open All users 3 100 2.5 USD 20 USD N/A
CommieJournal 2007 General 18+ community, defunct as of late 2009[25] &1000000000001049500000010,495 [26] &10000000000000167000000167 [26] Open to people 18 and over N/A 100 500 5 USD 20 USD 75 USD
CrazyLife 2003 General journaling community, not responding as of 2010 &1000000000004396300000043,963 [27] &1000000000000005500000055 [27] Open to people 13 and over All users Unknown N/A N/A N/A N/A
GreatestJournal 2003 Defunct;[28] formerly a roleplaying focused community &100000000018837760000001,883,776 prior to going down[29] N/A Disabled Unknown 100 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Inksome 2007 18+ fandom-friendly community, formerly known as Scribblit, defunct as of April 2011[30] &1000000000003377200000033,772 [31] &10000000000000161000000161 [31] Invite-only or paid Paid users and early contributors can create, free users can read 150[32] 300[32] 3 USD[33] 25 USD[33] 120 USD
Isurgut 2004 Russian community &100000000000029350000002,935 [34] &1000000000000002300000023 [34] Open Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
LiveJourbal 2005 Gerbil-themed community, not responding as of 2010 &1000000000001495100000014,951 [35] &1000000000000005000000050 [35] Invite-only or paid (OpenID) Unknown 15 100 N/A N/A 25 USD
LiveLogCity 2003 General community &100000000000093020000009,302 [36] &10000000000000296000000296 [36] Open N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
LostJournal 2005 General community, not responding as of 2010 &100000000000060430000006,043 [37] &1000000000000004600000046 [37] Invite-only or paid (OpenID) Paid users can create, free users can read 3 15 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Minilog 2002 General community created by Aaron B. Russell on November 8, 2002[38], service was shut down October 30, 2007.[39] Domain was allowed to expire, has since been bought by someone else and now shows GoDaddy's domain parking page with ads. &1000000000001064800000010,648 [40] &100000000000000020000002 [40] Open Paid users can create, free users can read Unknown 3000 (6000 for permanent accounts) [41] Minimum 2 months, 3 GBP or 5.50 USD [42] 15 GBP or 28 USD [42] 65 GBP or 121 USD [42]
uJournal / AboutMyLife 2002 uJournal went down in August 2004 due to a hardware failure.[43] As of March 2005, uJournal accounts and postings were restored, with a "uj_" prefix, as part of AboutMyLife, a different journaling service.[44] AboutMyLife seems to have gone down permanently around May 2007.[45] &10000000000000000000000 Unknown &10000000000000000000000 Zero Suspended Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Name Year Began Description/Focus Registered users Updated in past 30 days Registration RSS Feeds Userpics Free Userpics Paid Monthly Cost for Paid Account Yearly Cost for Paid Account Permanent Account

References

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Emily (January 11, 2004), My so-called blog, New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E6D61531F932A25752C0A9629C8B63 : "While the sites that are hosts to online journals may attract different crowds, their formats vary only slightly: a LiveJournal is a Blurty is a Xanga is a DeadJournal is a DiaryLand."
  2. ^ McCullagh, Declan (May 30, 2007), Mass deletion sparks LiveJournal revolt, CNet News.com, http://news.com.com/Mass+deletion+sparks+LiveJournal+revolt/2100-1025_3-6187619.html .
  3. ^ What are Dreamwidth's new features?, Retrieved 2009-05-12, http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=120 
  4. ^ a b Asks (accessed 18 May 2009)
  5. ^ a b Blurty (accessed 18 May 2009)
  6. ^ a b DeadJournal (accessed 17 October 2009)
  7. ^ a b Dreamwidth (accessed 09 September 2010)
  8. ^ Dreamwidth FAQ (accessed 1 May 2009)
  9. ^ a b c d e f Dreamwidth FAQ (accessed 16 June 2010)
  10. ^ a b InsaneJournal (accessed 29 April 2011)
  11. ^ a b Ivanovo (accessed 18 May 2009)
  12. ^ a b IziBlog (accessed 27 December 2009)
  13. ^ a b JournalFen (accessed 18 May 2009)
  14. ^ a b Kraslan (accessed 18 May 2009)
  15. ^ a b LiveJournal (accessed 13 May 2010)
  16. ^ a b lj rossia (accessed 18 Aug 2011)
  17. ^ a b c d "Donations" (in Russian). Lj.Rossia.org. http://lj.rossia.org/paidaccounts/index.bml. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  18. ^ a b OpenWeblog (accessed 2009-04-11)
  19. ^ a b Scribbld (accessed 18 May 2009)
  20. ^ a b Sviesta Ciba (accessed 18 May 2009)
  21. ^ a b Academ (accessed 9 June 2008)
  22. ^ a b BlogEnglish (accessed 9 June 2008)
  23. ^ a b BlogOnline (accessed 18 May 2009)
  24. ^ a b BootieJournal (accessed 18 May 2009)
  25. ^ magyar_saman (September 13, 2009), "Sorry for this", CommieJournal News, archived from the original on 2009-09-13, http://www.webcitation.org/5jlkqP1Y0 
  26. ^ a b CommieJournal (accessed 13 September 2009)
  27. ^ a b CrazyLife (accessed 18 May 2009)
  28. ^ As of January 7, 2009, accessing GreatestJournal produces a 403 error with the message "please use LiveJournal instead"; see also discussion of the situation on JournalFen.
  29. ^ GreatestJournal (accessed 9 June 2008)
  30. ^ Denise (April 6, 2011), "Our Farewell to Inksome", Weekly Update: 6 April, Dreamwidth News, http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/29033.html .
  31. ^ a b Inksome (accessed 4 Mar 2011)
  32. ^ a b "Userpics!". Inksome News Journal. 2008-06-18. http://www.inksome.com/users/news/1835.html. Retrieved 2008-06-21. 
  33. ^ a b Kit Peters (2009-07-10). "State of IS". http://www.inksome.com/users/staff_kit/20726.html. Retrieved 2009-07-13. 
  34. ^ a b Isurgut (accessed 23 March 2008)
  35. ^ a b LiveJourbal (accessed 9 June 2008)
  36. ^ a b LiveLogCity (accessed 9 June 2008)
  37. ^ a b LostJournal (accessed 18 May 2009)
  38. ^ User Info (accessed 5 April 2011)
  39. ^ Goodbye, Minilog.com! (accessed 5 April 2011)
  40. ^ a b MInilog stats from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (accessed 5 April 2011)
  41. ^ Minilog.com News - Changes to Paid Accounts (accessed 5 April 2011)
  42. ^ a b c About Paid Accounts (accessed 5 April 2011)
  43. ^ Message from uJournal staffer Brandon Thomas, August 18, 2004.
  44. ^ Posting by ksolaris, March 3, 2005.
  45. ^ How long? About My Life Forums (accessed 22 May 2008).

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