I’ve been reading a book that the story is set in the early 2000’s. This one character writes in their LJ blog and the author of the book gives a side view of the character’s LJ posts.

LJ (live journal) was a popular platform during the 2000’s where people would blog about their lives. After reading each post in the book got me to thinking. Why did the art of this pre social media trend go away? It was a way to keep net friends, irl friends, family, etc updated like an extension of online instant messaging. Way before social media was popular. Plus it gave users an outlet to share creative stories and content as well.

I know I drifted away from blogging regularly because of time, life, and honestly the drive to write and be creative. With the thoughts of Myspace coming back too I’ve been inspired to dust off the old blog and start to write more than a few sentences in one sitting.