# Looking for advice on free online journals/blogs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067 "2003-03-17T19:16:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067/1 "2003-03-17T19:16:22Z")

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I’ve had my own website for a couple years, but I’ve been thinking about starting a more anonymous journal to log whatever random thoughts I have throughout the day.

I know a few people who use Livejournal, and they like the community. I know a few people who hate it for its lagginess and the sometimes byzantine reference system (how hard is it to get a Livejournal code?). I know that quite a few Dopers have their own blogs, and I want to hear what you like and dislike about your services.

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067/2 "2003-03-17T19:30:45Z")

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LiveJournal can be a bit boggy, but if you like th estyle of it, there are lots of other sites using the same codes that aren’t as busy – [dead journal](http://deadjournal.com/) and [blurty](http://blurty.com/) to name a couple.

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067/3 "2003-03-17T19:33:59Z")

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(PS, I don’t think you need to get a code to join dead journal or blurty. But LJ codes can be a pain to get. I made a trade a while back for 20 of them, and some of the people I passed them on to had been getting pretty desperate in their search.)

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**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-free-online-journals-blogs/162067/4 "2003-03-18T00:17:36Z")

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If you’re really set on something free, DON’T go to [www.freeopendiary.com](http://www.freeopendiary.com) . Their free service sucks. For $20/six months you get the much better [www.opendiary.com](http://www.opendiary.com) but you don’t want to pay, so it wouldn’t be an option, I guess.

I’d suggest either LiveJournal or Blogger ([www.blogger.com](http://www.blogger.com)).