# I need a good free blog publisher for my youth group. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915 "2005-08-14T00:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915/1 "2005-08-14T00:44:23Z")
I have been trying to set up a blog for the youth at our church through blogspot, Google’s blogger. It is frustrating me to no end! Can anyone suggest a good blog publisher where people can post only after initial approval by a moderator and where, once you have registered, otheres can comment on the posts? I guess almost like a mini-message board. Any help? ;j (no obviously Christian smilies) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915/2 "2005-08-14T01:22:28Z")
😉 How about deadjournal? > [@The FAQ](#): > > Membership > A community’s membership may be open, moderated, or closed. In an open community, any user can go to the Community Info page (userinfo.bml) and join by clicking a link near the top of the page. In a moderated community, maintainers may invite users to join the community, or a prospective member may request memebership, which then must be approved by the community maintainer. In a closed community, no user can request membership to a community. Maintainers must invite any prospective members. > > Maintainers can invite members to their community by adding their names to the members section of the community management page, located at [Community Management](http://www.deadjournal.com/community/manage.bml). Users would then need to accept (or reject) their pending invitations at [http://www.livejournal.com/manage/invites.bml](http://www.livejournal.com/manage/invites.bml). ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915/3 "2005-08-14T01:27:27Z")
[Livejournal?](http://www.livejournal.com/site/about.bml) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915/4 "2005-08-14T02:00:58Z")
What about compromising, and find a link for a journal community expressly designed for the living dead? It would combine the best of Livejournal, and the best of Deadjournal. In other words, a disaster. 😃 P.S. I believe what I posted about Deadjournal is true of livejournal as well, since they use the same code and design. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-free-blog-publisher-for-my-youth-group/316915/5 "2005-08-14T02:16:32Z")
Deadjournal does use the same (open source) code as livejournal as do a few other sites that I’m aware of (gotdiary, aboutmylife, greatestjournal.) I expect any one of those would do just as well, I’ve just been incredibly pleased with livejournal.