LiveJournaler

plural LiveJournalers

1. InternetA user of the social networking service LiveJournal.

   Many LiveJournalers choose not to use real names when discussing people online, instead electing to assign pseudonyms or just initials.

   2009, Rebecca Bley, “RL on LJ: Fandom and the Presentation of Self in Online Life”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland & Company, part 2 (Sociological Perspectives on Fandoms), chapter section ““Opt-In Filters,” Pseudonyms, and the Role of the Audience”, page 58

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   “It sounds a little odd, but my first gay kiss, my first gay bar experience, my first gay friend—all a result of LiveJournal,” he says with a laugh. “And all with LiveJournalers.”

   2006, The Advocate, page 34

   Languages thus seemed to be employed also to a symbolic function, i.e. not necessarily in connection to the bloggers’ level of language proficiency: “the frequency of this practice suggests that many LiveJournalers, even those who lack the linguistic or non-verbal means to interact directly with speakers of other languages, are aware that LJ is a cosmopolitan environment, and orient to that fact, albeit superficially” (Herring et al. 2007: n.p.).

   2007, Susan Herring et al., article; quoted in Paola Vettorel, “Bloggers as ELF users”, in English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices, De Gruyter Mouton, 2014, →ISBN, section 1 (LiveJournal.com), subsection 4 (Languages on LJ), page 103

   There isn’t definitive research on the differences between LiveJournal users and Xanga users, but the perception is that Xanga skews younger and is more popular with Asian teens while LiveJournalers tend to be more artsy or “emo.”

   2007 March, Anastasia Goodstein, “Diaries Go Digital”, in Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, section “What Is a Blog?”, subsection “The Teen Blogging Landscape”, page 29

   Unfortunately, there weren’t enough LiveJournalers in my immediate area to have a Meetup, and it didn’t seem worth it to travel down to New York City for a LiveJournalers Meetup.

   2008, Aldon Hynes, “A Coder Becomes a Political Activist”, in Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics, Boulder, Colo.; London: Paradigm Publishers, →ISBN, section “Discovering Dean: “The Real Thing””, page 88

   LiveJournalers love quizzes. What kind of hobbit are you? Are you a great lover? What planet are you most like? Which character from some movie are you? What's your emotional type? They fill them in and their friends fill them in and everyone compares their results. Harmless fun.

   2008 April 29, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, New York, N.Y.: Tor, published 2010, page 147

   Synonyms: LJer