Girls who like Boys who like Boys – Ethnography of ... - Yuuyami.com

public sphere is very distinct: Though some online journals allow for
comments by others online, LiveJournal’s comment function is very distinct
as it operates in threads. The original poster can, thus, engage with some of
the people commenting on her/his post, mimicking a face-to-face or one-onone
interaction. Others may participate in these threads occasionally, but the
comments are clearly a “reply-to” another comment and/or post, and thus to
the person who posted that comment/post. Unless “screened” or made
invisible, however, these mimicked face-to-face interactions are clearly visible
to others accessing that page.
As a LiveJournal is still presumed to hold a certain diary or journal
function, the mix of private and public connotations may lead to confusions
and may even instigate certain practices. A fic posted on an individual’s
LiveJournal may not receive the same range of (often constructive) critique
that it would receive if posted to an archive or on a personal webpage. This
behavior is sometimes carried over into so-called “communities,” LiveJournal
community accounts, which allows multiple members entry-posting rights. In
the case of these communities other factors may account for the lack of
critique: the passage of time and the purpose of the community. These
communities are, akin to mailing lists, often centered around a specific theme,
and are utilized for discussion as much as for posting produced texts and art.
Furthermore, as more entries are posted, earlier ones are pushed back and on
to another page as there are only a certain number of posts per page, so that in
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