It depends on what you want. Livejournal, and its various clones, all focus on networking and communities. While I do not consider myself 'friend oriented', I wind up valuing it for the exact thing I didn't think I'd like. I have 1-6 people I like online, and they're on livejournal, so I keep a livejournal. It's easy to maintain and secure, and indeed, MOST content management systems are easy to maintain and secure.If you're into maintaining your own website, including your own backend and etc,other CMSs come into play, like B2evo, Wordpress (who also offers a managed option), blogger, myspace, and etc.I actually can't think of any that specifically 'suck', off hand, only journals and blogs that I specifically prefer to avoid. I dislike myspace, so I avoid sites based of myspace like scripts. However, I like b2evo and livejournal, so I look at those sites.blogger is one of the simplest ones, off hand, as it's still html based, so you have a slightly less secure back end to compromise having an easier user interface.What are you looking for? less

Thanks for the information! I'm really looking for something easy for someone stuck on dial up with slow downloads and uploads. The only high speed internet I can get here is through a satellite and I just don't think it's worth the price I would have to pay. They keep promising to run cable out here but, I've been waiting and waiting..... They always tell me there isn't enough customers out here to make it a priority......lucky me....... =( I guess farms don't need high speed...... Anyway, something that loads easy for me would be the best. I'll be looking into all of the sites that have been suggested to see which will work out for me. I am not really all that fond of myspace but, it doesn't work well for me anyway. I got the email about less

Thanks for the information! I'm really looking for something easy for someone stuck on dial up with slow downloads and uploads. The only high speed internet I can get here is through a satellite and I just don't think it's worth the price I would have to pay. They keep promising to run cable out here but, I've been waiting and waiting..... They always tell me there isn't enough customers out here to make it a priority......lucky me....... =( I guess farms don't need high speed...... Anyway, something that loads easy for me would be the best. I'll be looking into all of the sites that have been suggested to see which will work out for me. I am not really all that fond of myspace but, it doesn't work well for me anyway. I got the email about less

I, too, live in the middle of nowhere. Well kind of. The area has grown, but my particular block still has the option of dial up or wireless. After 4 years of waiting for that magic cable, we went with wireless. The initial cost to start was $500, and it's $45 a month. And we have a sweet UFO looking glowing thing on the roof. WELL WORTH THE MONEY. As much as I am online for class and pleasure, it's well worth the price. I know this is completely off topic. I just wanted to mention it.I got the email as well. Yay for discounts! And EdenFantasys! less