I think devices like an agree/disagree, thumbs up or down, or web clap etc., are fine. On news or project sites.
I know that I personally use my LJ as just that: A Journal. And while I post things that are intended to be interesting, or funny, or just about Britney Spears- I also do a lot of posting about things that are of interest only to ME. I don't know that any sort of feedback source makes sense in a system where a not insignificant number of posts are along the lines of this: "I was sick all day, and barely made it out of the house. A near fatal lack of Diet Coke finally forced me to go outside. But the bodega didn't have any, and I had to get Diet Pepsi. Diet Pepsi makes me cry, and wish that my boyfriend from 8th grade still loved me. It brings on the darkness and horror of the world. Now I have to go find clothes to wear to class tomorrow that hide my new rash. And bring lunch so I don't have to sit next to Chuck Bass in the Cafeteria" I mean, it is something that you can comment on if you want, but there is no way of 'judging' personal entries- It's just a journal. Web claps or any of that as an automatic is just a way of inviting dramaz. A personal, slightly exhibitionist journal, but a journal. Nora Bombay norabombay.livejournal.com <- Which as I once joked at a conference- was about real estate and Britney Spears- and there is an element of truth to that.
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