Matthew McCullough on Wordpress

The public domain doesn’t seem right for me.  Sure i like to blog, but there just a different kind of blogging in the private communities than there is in the public domain.  ANd i think that LJ is the right choice.

I will still be as geeky as ever, and use bloglines.  but as far as blogging goes, the occasional public post might occur on my LJ.  But for the most part, my blogging will be a private affair.

As a result of the move, feeds might be broken, and links might change.  should be expected.
From now on you can find me on Korun.livejournal.com .  Add me as a friend if you want to be added, or shoot me a message.

No one ever read this any way.  I never got the feedback that i wanted.  But i guess it’s to be expected when your using a standalone service.

On my way to work I was listening to Inside the Net where they were interviewing Mena Trott, co-founder of six apart.  six apart started by making wordpress (this blog is on wordpress), which has since become the most wideply used standalone blogging software.  they later went on to create typepad, a dulled down version but still widely used.  then with all this revenue, they aquisitioned Livejournal.  now with the experiance and back-end-knowledge of all 3 they are creating a new product, called Vox.  and through out the whole interview they kept comparing it to LJ, while also saying that the software itself made it fun to blog.

And it just got me thinking.  Have i lost the fun of blogging?  i thought wordpress would bring it back, but really being in the public domain changes the experiance of blogging (vox is very private, and LJ has the option to be private).  I remember in my early days on Xanga, blogging was actually fun.

So the issue i have been battling inside my head is this.  I want to blog.  I want it to be social, but i also want it to be easy and accessible.  Right now WordPress is very easy, and somewhat accessible.  LJ is very private, hence making it very social, but in itself is a whole system and community.

The main question is, do i stay in the public domain and remain remote, or do i move to LJ and remove myself from the public, while emrsing myself with my friends.  There are obvious pros and cons to both sides.

So please let me know what you think in the comments.