One of the features I consider essential on LJ -- and lacking on most blog sites -- is threaded commenting. That's what moves it from one-to-many (publisher) and many-to-one (commenters) to many-to-many. It's the same kind of interaction that you can have on a good, smaller mailing list, though there are differences -- half-life, as you point out, and the easier cross-fertilization on LJ (I can't as easily find out what other mailing lists you participate in).
Communication styles shape technology but the reverse is also true and perhaps the stronger force: we fall into patterns based on the tools available. I find all of this fascinating.
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One of the features I consider essential on LJ -- and lacking on most blog sites -- is threaded commenting. That's what moves it from one-to-many (publisher) and many-to-one (commenters) to many-to-many. It's the same kind of interaction that you can have on a good, smaller mailing list, though there are differences -- half-life, as you point out, and the easier cross-fertilization on LJ (I can't as easily find out what other mailing lists you participate in).
Communication styles shape technology but the reverse is also true and perhaps the stronger force: we fall into patterns based on the tools available. I find all of this fascinating.