So? Leprosarium fits the definition to a T. It’s an AJAX application
(HTML+JavaScript+backend) that requires a remote connection and relies on a web
browser to work.
Leprosarium is not a news site, the only news that you see there are the ones
that the users decide to link to inspire discussions. Unlike BoingBoing, which
is a blog, Leprosarium is a multiblog, which means a lot of people are allowed
to post there. And it’s not a forum at all (never has been).
You can go to LiveJournal.com, get a paid account and get your own blog that
will be woven into the blogosphere stream, it will appear in search results, it
will be possible to aggregate it by friending mechanism, etc. Alternatively, you
can go to Leprosorium.ru, get a paid account and get your own blog
("sub-lepra") that will be woven into the blogosphere stream
("lepra live"), it will appear in the repository
("underground"), and it will be possible to aggregate it by setting
the view parameters, etc. The differences are minuscule, really. I know you’ve
been thinking that “Lepra is not as it used to be”, but let’s face the facts:
technically it’a blogging platform feature-wise.
And that’s only for blogging, don’t make me start on all the other parts of
this webapp like live stream, live chat, internal money transfers, gifting
sub-service ("Anonymous Santa Claus"), a wiki, etc, etc.
Review by spiderhood (6 months ago)
So? Leprosarium fits the definition to a T. It’s an AJAX application (HTML+JavaScript+backend) that requires a remote connection and relies on a web browser to work.
Leprosarium is not a news site, the only news that you see there are the ones that the users decide to link to inspire discussions. Unlike BoingBoing, which is a blog, Leprosarium is a multiblog, which means a lot of people are allowed to post there. And it’s not a forum at all (never has been).
You can go to LiveJournal.com, get a paid account and get your own blog that will be woven into the blogosphere stream, it will appear in search results, it will be possible to aggregate it by friending mechanism, etc. Alternatively, you can go to Leprosorium.ru, get a paid account and get your own blog ("sub-lepra") that will be woven into the blogosphere stream ("lepra live"), it will appear in the repository ("underground"), and it will be possible to aggregate it by setting the view parameters, etc. The differences are minuscule, really. I know you’ve been thinking that “Lepra is not as it used to be”, but let’s face the facts: technically it’a blogging platform feature-wise.
And that’s only for blogging, don’t make me start on all the other parts of this webapp like live stream, live chat, internal money transfers, gifting sub-service ("Anonymous Santa Claus"), a wiki, etc, etc.