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This is a wonderful, insightful post, and one I agree with - it's a shame that journalling sites are perceived as 'old-fashioned', because I prefer the community they foster, and the level of control that users have over their interface in contrast with places like Tumblr, Facebook and the new LJ friends-feed.

I've also noticed the misogyny/stereotyping when it comes to ease of use v customisability. If something is customisable it's 'for geeks', but if it's not or is easy to use for beginners it's 'for girls' (*rolleyes* at blatant sexism) or 'not serious'. I wish there wasn't so much 'either-or' between the more dismissive elements of geek culture and people who create simpler networks only to sell people's data.