Saturday, 11 July 2009
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I don’t post very often on Xanga. There is a reason for this, though some might not consider it a good one.
Besides Xanga, I maintain a Livejournal. A lot of Xangans have complained that they don’t like LJ; I think there’s a reason for that. I subscribe to a number of blogs from both sites, and there’s a huge difference between the sorts of blogs posted on Livejournal and those posted on Xanga.
Xanga blogs – the really good ones – focus primarily on well-thought-out entries about politics, religion, relationships, and other important life issues. In order to be good here, you’ve got to have plenty of time to write thoughtful entries on those sorts of subjects, subjects applicable to the lives of your readers.
So what’s Livejournal’s focus? The answer is one word: fangirling.
In case you are not knowingly part of the fangirling sphere, fandom is roughly defined as all the work revolving around a particular movie, book, TV show, etc. This includes artwork, intellectual essays, fan fiction (stories using the characters from the show), and general squeeing (extreme excitement over a particular part of fandom).
I am a huge fangirl. Fangirling has been part of my life since I was a small child (though I didn’t know what it was called at the time.) And thus, I expend most of my efforts fangirling over on Livejournal.
But there is much to be said on writing more thoughtful entries about more real subjects, like those that are posted here. And I will be making more of an effort to be present, commenting more frequently and writing posts that suit the interests of the crowd over here. Because, really, I have a lot to say.
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