Rants vs. Journals

[Just A Dream]

Hey,

I have never posted in the rant section of RYL. Usually if I don't want replies to a rant of mine I post it in my journal.

But, I mean, they basically seem to be the same thing to me.

How does one decide whether to place a post in their journal or to post it in the rant section? Can one place an identical post in both their journal and the rant section?

Just a little confused.

[sajhfuahuefghaeg]

You can post an identical post. However, with a journal you can make everything completely private, only showing it to the people on your budy list, if you wish.

You can't do that with r/v. r/v is more public than your journal.

[Gone.]

Basically, what Tiff said. I have both (though the journal is not RYL-based, it's LiveJournal). The entries that need to be distinctly more private and are often longer tend to find their way into my LiveJournal whereas if I need to throw a few disjointed sentences onto the page the my R/V suits me fine. As I am on RYL a lot, my R/V is more accessible than my LiveJournal, hence why I post in it more.

[Just A Dream]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rawrk

You can post an identical post. However, with a journal you can make everything completely private, only showing it to the people on your budy list, if you wish.

You can't do that with r/v. r/v is more public than your journal.

I suspected that. Just thought there may have been a criteria to determine if a post belongs in journals or in the rant section or if it is acceptable for both.

[griddlebone]

^thats still flaming if its about someone on ryl. Any rulebreaking will be edited from journals, even private ones.

[akita]

Quote:

Originally Posted by T.J.

Can one place an identical post in both their journal and the rant section?

Yes they can but one is public to members and the other can be seen by you only if you don't have people on your buddy list.