InsaneJournal

keeping a diary. it's a well-known tradition that allows a person to record their experiences, thoughts, and to grow as one's self in a manner than can be looked at retrospectively on a later date. on the internet, this very practice is common and shared throughout the world where it undertakes a new term. blogging can be personal, analytical, informative, shareware... you get the picture. many servers exist where a person is able to easily start a journal, and many have also fallen due to a lack of popularity or features available. we do not value these places any less, yet we are able to see where they have faulted and inevitably failed.

but as one door closes, another one opens with an infinite amount of possibilities. here at JOURNAL.NET, we have a simple yet cardinal rule: we are a community made for the blogger, by the blogger. as former members of various journalling and blogging sites in the past, we've accumulated a conjoined and vast knowledge of what users want and are ready to cater to that need. our one goal was to take blogging to the next level and that is the level of supply and demand, and our constant strive is to make this site fun and functional for everyone.

this is more than your typical blogging medium, however. JOURNAL.NET is a privately funded social networking system that acknowledges the need for face to face interaction once regional bonds are formed. there will be contests and activities planned for user conventions in which everyone is allowed to participate, and there will be opportunities to announce parties in which the host will decide the theme. dedicated bloggers will receive recognition and possibly even airfare and accommodations flexible with the events themselves. as always, we're open to suggestions and are willing to make it as easy as possible to remember the important social aspect of this network. due to the size and success of journal, much of the designer's time became dedicated to maintenance and the users created successful events of their own, now encouraged to create discussion groups and communities dedicated to group activity and movie watching, or news and music sharing.. the effort the bloggers put in kept the dream alive, for which the maintainers were beyond grateful.

• create a username that you believe speaks to your personality and interests, and sign up for AIM with any variation on your name!
  
• upload an icon (or more!) to have your face attached to your blog. this is so the blogger can get to know who is on the other end.
  
• at this time, we are only available to users in the united states and canada, but may expand our services to other places in the near future!
  
• make sure that when you apply, your friends only update is recently posted. it's easier to tell if you're going to be active if your journal isn't already at five or ten weeks.
  
• overrides are accepted, but if the first applicant has followed protocol and submitted at least two examples (type at their discretion), they have priority for adds.
  
• journals will be deleted and purged after 2 weeks. if there is no sign of activity in the form of an intro post or adding friends after two days, an override becomes available.
  
• you can write as little or as much as you want whether it's a thought or a train of thought. however, once a week (sunday) the maintainers will go through the list of journals and include a warning for people who have only written placeholders in the last eight weeks, or their last visible update is from more than two weeks prior.
  
• if it gets to a point where you're removed and added more often than you update, the maintainers may reject your application. it's also suggested that if your journal has been added and removed before, you specify that somewhere when you apply.
  
• we don't have a set limit on the group activities that can be started and unless they have negative themes, most don't require maintainer approval! we don't allow anonymous journals whatsoever, so anything along those lines can be suggested; we're always up for questions or ideas!
  
• most importantly, be excellent to each other, and have fun!