livejournal and its many, many clones

so, picture this in ur heads: the yr is 2004. u and ur mom just came home from the mall after shopping 4 new clothes @ abercrombie, hollister, american eagle, aéropostale, victoria's secret pink, or wherever else teens were shopping @ the time, u go in2 ur room and listen 2 the new hit song by usher featuring lil' jon & ludacris, "yeah!," and yea (no pun intended), u downloaded it off limewire, and u go 2 ur computer and secretly make a livejournal account after hearing abt it from ur friends, w/o ur mother's knowledge ofc.

founded in april of 1999, livejournal, alongside other websites like myspace, xanga, friendster, bebo, and others like it, has gone on 2 pretty much become a staple of the early internet.

but did u know that livejournal was such a cultural phenomenon, that it spawned A LOT of clones using its code and database?

i definitely didn't know abt livejournal's clones, until abt a yr ago, when i was digging down the abandoned caves of the y2k internet, searching 4 what websites were popular b4 instagram and tiktok. but i do hope this brings back sum memories 4 those actually did use livejournal and/or its clones.

if u want 2 learn more abt the aforementioned livejournal clones, here is the link 2 a website that compares all of livejournal's clones, as well as clones that r defunct and no longer working, or transitioned using a difference codebase:

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Comparison_of_sites_using_the_LiveJournal_codebase

there r so many clones, 2 the point where it's impossible 2 list all of them here. but i hope y'all like them.

ilusm and i'll ttyl!! bye bye!!