Ok, since half my readership doesn’t even have a blog, most of you won’t care. But, it’s now official: Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, have acquired Live Journal. They say that not much will change, and that it will remain open source, so I don’t think there’s a need to freak out.

It’s true that LJ and MT have different kinds of communities. For instance, I read MT-driven websites written by people I’ve never met, but I only read LJ journals of people I know. It’s just a different atmosphere I guess—especially with commenting. Plus, the stereotype seems kinda true from what I can tell—LJ seems to have more of the teenager crowd, while MT has more of the 20-something and up techier crowd. Not to say that there aren’t exceptions to the rule—there always are. I am just generalizing based on the little LJ surfing I’ve done.

Anyway, I obviously have a personal preference—I like to be in full control of my blog, what can I say! I guess I don’t really have much more to add on this point, so I figured I’d just confirm the rumors for those of you who didn’t already know.

Posted at 8:33 AM |

Yea I considered it, but MT’s free version applies to me—I only have 2 blogs and 1 author. Also, even there there are some VERY cool aspects of WP, I was going to have to really struggle with some of its limitations in getting my photolog the way it is now and integrate it in my main blog index page. Perhaps that is alleviated a bit with the newest release, but I haven’t played around with it in a few months.

However, regardless of what program you use to manage your blog, I think that having complete control is important, which programs like MT, WP, Expression Engine, and any other application which resides on your server provide.

2 | Posted by: Jennifer on January 07, 2005 @ 12:08 PM