Microsoft Enters The Wonderful World Of Blogging.

[liadnan]

(BBC)
(Via, of all people, Boris.)

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

[Technorati] now estimates that the number of blogs in existence has exceeded 4.8 million, although some speculate that less than a quarter are regularly maintained.

I know some people are snobby about livejournal, but, um, there are some 5,000,000 accounts here alone.

Comments

but,

[nikandra.livejournal.com]

will Microsoft Spaces be like Hotmail accounts that get deactivated if you don't use them in 3 months?

Re: but,

[liadnan]

I expect so. I also expect it'll put livejournal in the shade in its teen angst etc.

Re: but,

[nikandra.livejournal.com]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking that would be possible. That's just so oppressive.

'in the shade of its teen angst'? I don't understand what that means, but that could be because I'm feeling too tired right now.

Re: but,

[liadnan]

Livejournal has a reputation for being full of depressed teenagers.

or

[nikandra.livejournal.com]

homicidal ones. Do you think that MS will be any better? I doubt it. Or will enforcing people to post so as to keep their blog working attract older people? Frankly, that's what put me off using hotmail once I lost my account because I wasn't using it (together with the horrible interface that wouldn't help me re-activate my account). The idea that I had to use it or lose it made me angry - especially when there were other alternatives with no strings attached.

Re: or

[liadnan]

No, no, I mean it'll be worse.

sorry

[nikandra.livejournal.com]

I totally misunderstood. Too tired, as I said.

Or did I? I did - somewhere. Sorry!

[deililly.livejournal.com]

Is livejournal seen as Blog-lite or something then? o.O

[liadnan]

Sometimes. Although a review quoted in lj_biz recently seemed to be saying precisely the opposite.
It's undoubtedly true that it takes a lot more effort etc to set up a blog using Moveable Type on a proper domain an' all, but I don't really see that Blogger and Upsaid and the like are necessarily more grown up.

[deililly.livejournal.com]

I think having to fanny about with any more technology just to run a blog would have me reverting to about age 5 and bursting into tears! I can't figure out how to change this one from the bog standard settings as it is :)

Had A Look

[liadnan]

Two thoughts:
(1) They've been looking at livejournal and blogger mainly
(2) http://spaces.msn.com/members/foolspace/Blog/cns!1p_tQnXDoEBvKIkiT96pmL1Q!108.entry

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Re: Had A Look

[babysimon]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Re: Had A Look

[booklectica]

The Code of Conduct says Microsoft reserves the right to remove user-created services and content that advocate or encourage expressions of violence, bigotry, racism, hatred, obscenity, or profanity. I don't think non-swearing blogs are going to catch on...

Re: Had A Look

[liadnan]

I don't think any of that is going to catch on.

Oh and there's more

[liadnan]

6. MATERIALS YOU POST OR PROVIDE; COMMUNICATIONS MONITORING

For materials you post or otherwise provide to Microsoft related to the MSN Web Sites (a "Submission"), you grant Microsoft permission to (1) use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat your Submission, each in connection with the MSN Web Sites, and (2) sublicense these rights, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Need to think about that. Not all of that is dodgy (eg, I give livejournal a licence to do the necessary for (a) friends pages and (b) external feeds) but sublicensing is more of an issue, as is "edit, modify, translate and reformat".

Re: Oh and there's more

[liadnan]

I once tried to understand the EULA you know.