# Free blogsites with categories?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487 "2004-09-28T14:59:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/1 "2004-09-28T14:59:34Z")

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I’ve tried searching. Each time I’ve tried, I feel like I’m drowning in sites, but haven’t yet found what I’m looking for. Are there any free sites which offer categories (i.e., an individual post can be stored under one of several topics (e.g., glowworms, graphology and gliding, or aerophagy, arabesques and Atlantis)? 🙂 Or am I asking too much?

Photo capability is irrelevant to me, as is using a cell phone to post; it’s how it deals with words that is most relevant, and how fancy I can get with them. I would also be most interested in comments on the usability, etc., of such sites, if anyone has personal knowledge of them.

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**Author:** ![TheBloodBorneIdentity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@TheBloodBorneIdentity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBloodBorneIdentity)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/2 "2004-09-28T16:56:50Z")

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[http://www.textamerica.com/](http://www.textamerica.com/) allows categories, but it is very much a mobile phone centered “Moblog” site. I have a free account there and I like it… but I only use it for photo posts from my phone.

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/3 "2004-09-29T02:45:05Z")

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> [@TheBloodBorneIdentity](#):
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> [http://www.textamerica.com/](http://www.textamerica.com/) allows categories, but it is very much a mobile phone centered “Moblog” site. I have a free account there and I like it… but I only use it for photo posts from my phone.

Great. :rolleyes:

I don’t have a cellphone, and I’m not interested in posting photos. Thanks anyway.

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/4 "2004-09-29T03:29:51Z")

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You can save entries into different categories using the “memorable entry” feature on Livejournal.

One community there that has a good example of this is [weddingplans](http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=weddingplans)

You can save an entry under multiple categories.

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/5 "2004-09-29T04:13:39Z")

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> [@psycat90](#):
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> You can save entries into different categories using the “memorable entry” feature on Livejournal.
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> One community there that has a good example of this is [weddingplans](http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=weddingplans)
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> You can save an entry under multiple categories.

Unfortunately, LJ seems to be geared to the usual chatty stuff. I hope for my blog to be taken seriously. Have I missed something? Is there anything like that in LJ?

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/6 "2004-09-29T04:18:47Z")

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Hmmm, well, I guess LJ has somewhat of a reputation because of the younger crowd that uses the site. I’d say your LJ would be what you made it.

If you don’t like the LJ web address, you can always embed your journal entries into another site with another domain name.

Not sure how the ‘memorable entry’ feature would work along those lines, but it’s something to look into I suppose.

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blogsites-with-categories/266487/7 "2004-09-29T04:26:55Z")

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One more note.

Livejournal is open-source, so there are several other sites out there that are very similiar. I don’t know much about any of them, but [here’s a good list of some.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal#Other_sites_running_the_LiveJournal_engine)