Journaling rant
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amanda_loddenWhy are there no blog sites out there that I actually like?
Lots of sites have one or two features that I like, but are missing some major component that I consider critical. My "critical" list includes:
The ability to tag or categorize posts, and then view them by category.
The ability to "subscribe" to a given journal and get emails when something is posted to it. I hate having to remember to check different sites all the time.
The ability to get an email when someone posts a comment on one of my posts.
The ability to get an email when someone posts a comment on someone else's post that I'm interested in. (I.e., the ability to "watch" given topic in someone else's journal.)
The ability to limit who can view certain posts, or certain categories.
LiveJournal comes *so* close. But I despise the way they handle "friends". Why can't I just have a list of my friends, and get emails when some (but not necessarily all) of them post? (If you look at my Friends page, you'll note that a good 75% of the posts are from one person. And while I like her a lot, sometimes it would be nice to be able to find the rest of the posts too.)
I'd happily pay to use a site that had all of the "criticals" covered (LJ wants $20 a year for their premium service, which adds none of the criticals and a bunch of stuff I don't care about in the slightest. I'd pay twice that for a site that did what I wanted.) But I've spent a goodly number of hours looking for one (more time than I care to admit to, really), and it's just not there. The closest is WordPress plus a couple of plugins, but all of the hosting sites that use WordPress don't use plugins. So now I'm looking at the hassle of setting up and maintaining the software. I'm trying to get things OFF my servers, not put more on. And even then-- I have no guarantee that the plugins actually work as expected.
Oh, and one "nice" but not "critical"-- bloxster.net allows you to have multiple journals under one login. I like that; it's like "categories" but on steroids (individual entries can have categories, too. But there's zero mail capability).
Today I am journal-cranky.
Lots of sites have one or two features that I like, but are missing some major component that I consider critical. My "critical" list includes:
The ability to tag or categorize posts, and then view them by category.
The ability to "subscribe" to a given journal and get emails when something is posted to it. I hate having to remember to check different sites all the time.
The ability to get an email when someone posts a comment on one of my posts.
The ability to get an email when someone posts a comment on someone else's post that I'm interested in. (I.e., the ability to "watch" given topic in someone else's journal.)
The ability to limit who can view certain posts, or certain categories.
LiveJournal comes *so* close. But I despise the way they handle "friends". Why can't I just have a list of my friends, and get emails when some (but not necessarily all) of them post? (If you look at my Friends page, you'll note that a good 75% of the posts are from one person. And while I like her a lot, sometimes it would be nice to be able to find the rest of the posts too.)
I'd happily pay to use a site that had all of the "criticals" covered (LJ wants $20 a year for their premium service, which adds none of the criticals and a bunch of stuff I don't care about in the slightest. I'd pay twice that for a site that did what I wanted.) But I've spent a goodly number of hours looking for one (more time than I care to admit to, really), and it's just not there. The closest is WordPress plus a couple of plugins, but all of the hosting sites that use WordPress don't use plugins. So now I'm looking at the hassle of setting up and maintaining the software. I'm trying to get things OFF my servers, not put more on. And even then-- I have no guarantee that the plugins actually work as expected.
Oh, and one "nice" but not "critical"-- bloxster.net allows you to have multiple journals under one login. I like that; it's like "categories" but on steroids (individual entries can have categories, too. But there's zero mail capability).
Today I am journal-cranky.
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Date: 2006-02-28 01:45 am (UTC)