Thoughts on communication and LJ

[bktheirregular]

I got to wondering what various people use LiveJournal for. For many, I suppose, it's just a journal - a way to keep a record of one's thoughts and activities and such.

For many others, myself included, it's a communications tool. Stuff gets posted because you want people to know them - but it's an imperfect tool for communication, because sometimes you can get the impression you're talking into a vacuum.

It's no substitute for actual human interaction, but it's a lot better than total isolation.

How do you, out there, view LJ? As a journal? As a communications tool? As something else?

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[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

I use it as a personalized mailing list. Most of the people on my FL are people I would normally have to BCC because A and C aren't talking while D doesn't want F to find their current email, this way I can reach all of them quickly.