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▲ JohnBooty 3 days ago

    most of the "diary" type posting is very boring to consume 
    (most people are boring)
The "peak Livejournal era" (2001-2010?) was so much fun to me. I had a lot of friends with LJs. These were people I knew so their "boring" stuff was enjoyable to read. I had maybe a dozen or two friends who mutually followed me, plus there were some public figures with LJs I followed as well.

I really enjoyed the coziness and uncommercial-ness of it. People wrote so much more openly and thoughtfully.

I understand the OPSEC issues mentioned by the linked article, but the faux example he posted is kind of an unrealistic caricature. I don't remember people typically doing that kind of OPSEC-nightmare "live blogging" type stuff on noncommercial personal blogs.