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by Mezzie 1435 days ago
Most of the things I miss revolve around the community features and how good LJ was for MEDIUM-SIZED conversations: You weren't stuck in your immediate circle but neither were you just shouting into the terrifying public void like you are on, for example, Instagram or Twitter.

There was very, very fine level of access control over who could see what which meant you could require CONTEXT to be a part of a group. In addition, tagging support was robust and NOT just a mixture of hashtags. So you could do things like, in a politics group, click 'Elections: 2004' and see, in chronological order, every post related to that topic in the group. This made actual search possible and cut down on reposts/recycled content, because things weren't just lost the minute they fell off the front page, etc.

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This is very interesting, thank you!