# What is a LiveJournal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104 "2003-04-25T13:40:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104/1 "2003-04-25T13:40:44Z")

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What is a LiveJournal and why are the codes such a hot commodity?

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104/2 "2003-04-25T14:28:27Z")

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Uh, why didn’t you just go to http:www.livejournal.com?

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**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104/3 "2003-04-25T14:39:57Z")

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/hijack

**Lamia** , if you have a LJ, I’d love to read it…if not…I have a code for you, if you’d like one.  
/end hajack

It’s a journal that is on line. You can allow others to read it and you can read their journals, as well.

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**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104/4 "2003-04-25T14:41:01Z")

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**hajack** is **Kojak’s** long lost cousin.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-livejournal/171104/5 "2003-04-25T15:12:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Anahita \*  
> \*\ ***Lamia** , if you have a LJ, I’d love to read it…if not…I have a code for you, if you’d like one. \*\*

I do have one, although it’s only a few months old and I only have about 25 entries…mostly about my schoolwork. So not terribly interesting, but I’ll e-mail you the link anyway. 😉