Editing LiveJournal (section)

==Features==
The unit of [[social network]]ing on LiveJournal is [[quaternary numeral system|quaternary]] (with four possible states of connection between one user and another). Two users can have no relationship, they can list each other as friends mutually, or either can "friend" the other without reciprocation.

The term "friend" on LiveJournal is mostly a technical term, but because it is emotionally loaded for many people, there have been discussions in such LiveJournal communities as ''lj_dev''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/profile |title=lj_dev – Community Profile |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318041431/http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/profile |archive-date=2011-03-18 }}</ref> and ''lj_biz''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/profile |title=lj_biz – Community Profile |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115140720/http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/profile |archive-date=2009-11-15 }}</ref> as well as ''suggestions''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/profile |title=suggestions – Community Profile |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502042253/http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/profile |archive-date=2010-05-02 }}</ref> about whether the term should be used this way.

A user's list of friends (''friends list'', often shortened to ''flist'') will often include several communities and [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] feeds in addition to individual users. Generally, "[[friending]]" allows a user's friends to read protected entries and causes the friends' entries to appear on the user's "friends page". Friends can also be grouped together in "friends groups", allowing for more complex behavior.

; Features common to all accounts
* Each journal entry has its own web page, which includes the comments left by other users. In addition, each user has a journal page, which shows all of their most recent journal entries, along with links to the comment pages.
* The most distinctive feature of LiveJournal is the "friends list", which gives the site a strong social aspect in addition to the [[blog]] services. The friends list provides various [[Web syndication|syndication]] and privacy services, described below. Each user has a friends page, which collects the most recent journal entries of the people on their friends list.
* LiveJournal allows users to customize their accounts. The S2 programming language allows journal templates to be modified by members. Users may upload graphical [[avatar (computing)|avatar]]s, or "userpics", which appear next to the username in prominent areas as on an [[Internet forum]]. Paid account holders are given full access to S2 management and more userpics, as well as other features.
* Each user also has a "User Info" page, which contains a variety of data including contact information, a biography, images (linked from off-site sources) and lists of friends, interests, communities and even schools the user has attended in the past or is currently attending.
* LiveJournal has five account levels: basic (comprising approximately 95% of the network); plus (sponsored with more advertising); "early adopters" who were registered prior to 14 September 2000;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml |title=LiveJournal Terms of Service |publisher=Livejournal.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |archive-date=2011-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816041959/http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml |url-status=live }}</ref> paid; and permanent. Permanent accounts are normally not available to the average user; there have been occasional sale days or special offers, but such sales are not guaranteed in the future. Before March 12, 2008, basic accounts were ad-free; in August 2008, LiveJournal resumed new basic account creation but changed that account level to display ads to non-logged-in readers.<ref name="no basic">This change first appeared [http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=38&view=full in the LiveJournal FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424015324/http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=38&view=full |date=2006-04-24 }}, then, after being omitted from an [http://news.livejournal.com/106731.html official LiveJournal news post discussing changes in the first 100 days of SUP ownership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318100631/http://news.livejournal.com/106731.html |date=2008-03-18 }}, was itself the subject of a [http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html later news post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318100642/http://news.livejournal.com/106909.html |date=2008-03-18 }}. A LiveJournal spokesman said that LJ management [http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/03/13/291948 did not consider it necessary to inform users of this change] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318104536/http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F03%2F13%2F291948 |date=2008-03-18 }}.</ref> Basic users also see advertising, but not on other basic journals.
*As well as allowing embedded videos from other sites, LiveJournal can host videos and allows users who have enabled the updated site design to post links to the hosted videos.<ref>Brouwer, Bree (January 22, 2015). [http://www.tubefilter.com/2015/01/22/livejournal-video-hosting-stan-lee-video-upload/ "LiveJournal Debuts Video Hosting, Comic Book Legend Stan Lee First To Upload"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126064005/http://www.tubefilter.com/2015/01/22/livejournal-video-hosting-stan-lee-video-upload/ |date=2015-01-26 }}. Tubefilter.</ref><ref>[http://news.livejournal.com/148548.html Video hosting is here!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203214713/http://news.livejournal.com/148548.html |date=2015-02-03 }}, news.livejournal.com, January 22, 2015.</ref>

;Paid account features
* Sending Text Messages<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/30.html |title=LiveJournal.com |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=2012-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109065330/http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/30.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – users can receive text messages sent via LiveJournal without sharing their phone number. If the text messaging feature is set up, anyone (or any authorized user) can use LiveJournal to send text messages to their cellphone by following a link on the User Info page.
* "To-do list" feature<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/86.html |title=LiveJournal.com |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=2012-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109065510/http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/86.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – LiveJournal offers "to-do lists" for managing users goals and aims. Users can have 150 to-do list items. Each to-do list item must have a subject, priority, details and descriptions, status, percent done, due date and categories field.
* "Express Lane"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/74.html |title=LiveJournal.com |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=2012-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109065257/http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/74.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – users with paid accounts have access to express lanes that make pages load faster. When logged into their Paid or Permanent Account during times of heavy site load, their requests for pages are sent to the web servers before other users' requests.
* "Voice Post"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/183.html |title=LiveJournal.com |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109065306/http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/183.html |archive-date=2012-11-09 }}</ref> – members with paid accounts can call from any phone to a specific number, record the audio and upload it directly to their journal.
* "Extra storage space"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/shop/diskquota.bml |title=LiveJournal.com |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=2012-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109052930/http://www.livejournal.com/shop/diskquota.bml |archive-date=2012-11-09 }}</ref> – lets users store more Scrapbook photos and voice posts. Photos and voice posts that have been uploaded there are easy to include in the log entry.