No, it doesn't really work like that. All of my costuming friends on LJ, of which there are many, post similar to a handwritten diary. So some days it is about how they can't get a seam right and the next day it is about their cat or whatever. (Some people have separate journals for personal and costuming, some mix both into one). It is a diary not an "official" blog like, say, The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century or Perez Hilton or whatever. All of us comment on each others diary posts both costume related and not. We have a friends page which lists all of the posts our friends have made. It is a very strong support system of like minded individuals.
So for example, where on the h-cost list, you could email and say "Oh look at this new book about warnshnaggles that I found today!" and people would respond to it. One of us could post to our LJ the same message and all of them respond to it. Same for asking for help on how to fix a wrinkled corset or bodice that is pulling under the arms or whatever. In addition to personal journals like that, there are communties such as dressdiaries or lamodeillustree or costumesnark or whatever. There are tons of them. They are groups where any member can post something related to the specific community and the members of that community can comment on them. These will show up on the above mentioned friends lists if you want. ________________________________ From: Lavolta Press <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 10:26:11 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days? Beteena, I've read a fair number of LJ posts. I still think both LJ and other blog formats work like this: One person (or a group of people who have assembled for the long term specifically to post the blog entries) posts on a regular and/or frequent basis. The post is like a short magazine article or essay. Then, other people comment on the post. Many of the comments are on the "Great work!" or "I agree!" lines. Some are substantive, but even so, not usually more than a paragraph or two long. I would argue that this is a different format from a discussion group like h-costume, where anyone can broach any subject at any time, and it is easy for multiple people to engage in each discussion. If in a blog format, one person is responding to another's blog on his/her own blog, and then people have to respond to that post, it's just a lot harder for this to be a general discussion where everyone can tell what is going on. That does not mean I am "attacking" LiveJournal. I'm saying that a blog format, where one person provides most of the content and others respond to it, is different from a more general discussion group. I am also not against hanging out in a community for the sake of doing so. It's just that I personally am not interested in doing that. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com On 8/6/2011 2:09 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote: > The live journal community is VERY strong. It isn't a group reading a > journalistic type of blog. It is all of us reading each others personal blogs > and interacting as a community. These days LJ has been under a lot of attack so > some people are moving to dream(something that I can't remember the name off >the > top of my head) or blogspot. But they are still keeping their LJ journals open > as the format of it is more conducive to community. > > Teena > > > > ________________________________ > From: Lavolta Press<[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume<[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 9:31:19 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days? > > > Of course, blogs have been around for a long time. But, I typically see them > used more as form of journalism (one person posts regularly/provides most of > the content, a few others briefly comment) rather than discussion. > > I'm really more interested in substantive information than "chat" or "belonging > to a community." > > Fran > Lavolta Press > www.lavoltapress.com > www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
