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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Tim Skirvin &lt;tskirvin@killfile.org&gt; Subject: RFD: soc.web.blog.livejournal Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups Followup-To: news.groups Date: Wed, 06 Sep…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Tim Skirvin &lt;tskirvin@killfile.org&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: soc.web.blog.livejournal<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:29:57 -0700<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> unmoderated group soc.web.blog.livejournal<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the<br /> unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, soc.web.blog.livejournal.<br /> <br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE: soc.web.blog.livejournal<br /> <br /> soc.web.blog.livejournal Users and topics regarding the LiveJournal service and software package.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: soc.web.blog.livejournal<br /> <br /> The last several years have seen the rise in popularity of blogs, a new<br /> style of online forum where an individual or group discusses topics<br /> important to them in a last-in, first-out interface. One of the most<br /> popular of these blogs is LiveJournal, which has had over 11 million<br /> journals and communities created since 1999, and sees over 250,000 posts<br /> per day.<br /> <br /> For all of LiveJournal&#039;s success, there is presently no good place to<br /> discuss the service as a whole. Many discussions are spread out across<br /> dozens of individual journals, such as &#039;lj_dev&#039; and &#039;suggestions&#039;; but<br /> just finding these communities can be difficult, let alone actually using<br /> them, and long-term discussions are difficult due to limitations of the<br /> software involved. Meta-discussions of the service have taken part on<br /> Usenet since the site&#039;s inception.<br /> <br /> This proposal offers a centralized location to discuss Livejournal - its<br /> benefits, its limitations, and its role in the Internet.<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> soc.web.blog.livejournal is for the discussion of both the centralized<br /> LiveJournal service and the software behind it. Some sample discussion<br /> topics:<br /> <br /> * What new features have been introduced lately, and how do they<br /> influence my journal?<br /> * What do I get for paying for a Paid Account?<br /> * Who uses LiveJournal, and how does this compare to other blogging<br /> services, and/or the Internet as a whole?<br /> * How does running a local copy of the software differ from using the<br /> main service?<br /> * Can you wrap an NNTP interface around LiveJournal; if so, how?<br /> * What kinds of anti-spam features does LiveJournal use?<br /> * How well does LiveJournal&#039;s security model work?<br /> * How well does the OpenID system work?<br /> * How do memes spread over LiveJournal, compared to other sites?<br /> <br /> soc.web.blog.livejournal is unmoderated. The standard litany of abusive<br /> post types are banned - binaries, HTML postings, spam, chain letters,<br /> etc. Pointers to news articles, blogs, etc. on this topic are welcome but<br /> are required to comply with fair use standards.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> For more information on the newsgroup creation process, please see:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:creation<br /> <br /> Those who wish to influence the development of this RFD and its final<br /> resolution should subscribe to news.groups and participate in the<br /> relevant threads in that newsgroup. This is both a courtesy to groups<br /> in which discussion of creating a new group is off-topic as well as the<br /> best method of making sure that one&#039;s comments or criticisms are heard.<br /> <br /> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to<br /> news.groups.<br /> <br /> If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion<br /> may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure<br /> that all discussion appears in news.groups as well.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Tim Skirvin &lt;tskirvin@killfile.org&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2006-09-06 1st RFD submitted<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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