Keeping online diaries or blogs has become quite common these days. There are several convenient platforms on the Russian-speaking Internet that allow you to create your own diary, or read someone else's.
Livejournal
Livejournal (LiveJournal or LJ) is the most common site for keeping online diaries. Initially, LJ is an English-language site; it has existed on Runet for over 10 years. To register with Livejournal, only email is required. After registration, you can keep a diary both from a personal computer and from tablets and phones (there are applications for iOS and Android). You can insert photos from a PC and the Internet into a recording, it is possible to insert video and audio recordings.
You can choose a diary design in LJ from the available templates, or from free options from various design users. Also, you can customize it yourself using your own photos and drawings.
Russian LiveJournal is a fairly popular place where you can "promote" your blog, especially if it is devoted to professional activities (design, creativity, photography) or travel. A blog can serve as a platform for advertising goods and services.
Diary.ru
Diary.ru is one of the most popular Russian services. All you need to register is email. The procedure for creating a post is similar to that presented in Livejournal, but the general menu (in particular, the friendly feed view mode) is slightly different. Dairi does not have a system for bringing to the top, advertising information, and paid services. In general, the resource is aimed at calm perception of information, at communicating with other users in comments or private messages. There are a lot of thematic communities in which there is a discussion of your favorite films, books, games.
LiveInternet.ru
LiveInternet (Li.ru) is a platform on which you can not only keep diaries, but also add entries via SMS messages, directly from e-mail, through a client program. The design is quite simple and lightweight, it loads quickly even with poor Internet quality. However, there are a lot of advertisements on Li.ru. Blogs on the site are different, but personal diaries prevail, without any specialization. Unfortunately, it is not suitable as an advertising platform for your business. Can be a handy personal blog.
Other platforms
Also, the sites Mail.ru, Yandex.ru and Google.com have the function of keeping diaries, but they are not very popular.
You can create a personal blog site on the Wordpress platform. In this case, the diary will not be part of the social network, it will be impossible to read the entries of friends through it, but, being a blog in its form, the site can become a platform for advertising, trade, and exchange of opinions. On Wordpress, you can set up cross-post from any social networks, open commenting without registration for everyone.
