Livejournal once used to be the centre of blogging sphere. It was still the place where George R. Martin, author of Game of throwns had his blog. Until it wasn't anymore. Do read the story to know how and why!

This story from arstechnica covers it all. A good overview on how social media has evolved from its nacent days.

“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging | Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/the-linux-of-social-media-how-livejournal-pioneered-then-lost-web-blogging/