I think of LJ as the world's biggest crossover. Sure, there are boards like Haven and the Buffistas, and usenet, and other blog services, and mailing lists, and etc. But with some small exceptions (ie, Buffistas = Jossverse), those are segregated into individual fandoms. People may be members of more than one of those forums, and there may be personal life discussions galore, but each forum is automatically self-limiting, just by its nature.
LJ is one of the few places where EVERY fandom is represented -- TV shows, movies, books, comics, music, sports, you name it. I couldn't begin to list all the different fandoms just on my own flist, much less the literally hundreds I've seen represented on communities and friendsfriends. LJ is also designed specifically to allow conversation. I'm betting even if other service like MySpace have as many fandom-active people as LJ, they aren't as actively involved in conversations with each other.
LJ is a social network like others out there, but I'd say it's got a much more highly developed set of neural connections.
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Date: 2005-11-28 12:08 pm (UTC)LJ is one of the few places where EVERY fandom is represented -- TV shows, movies, books, comics, music, sports, you name it. I couldn't begin to list all the different fandoms just on my own flist, much less the literally hundreds I've seen represented on communities and friendsfriends. LJ is also designed specifically to allow conversation. I'm betting even if other service like MySpace have as many fandom-active people as LJ, they aren't as actively involved in conversations with each other.
LJ is a social network like others out there, but I'd say it's got a much more highly developed set of neural connections.