My answer to "What is your review of LiveJournal? - Quora"

It’s definitely not a good platform from an IndieWeb (http://IndieWeb.org) perspective. The details on the wiki entry at Indieweb pretty much say it all from a flexibility and long term perspective: LiveJournal - IndieWeb (https://indieweb.org/livejournal). You’d be better off with your own personal site and then cross-publishing to LiveJournal if you have a particular audience there that you want to reach and it’s worth spending the money.

If you’re choosing a platform, perhaps take a look at projects (https://indieweb.org/projects). For beginners looking for something simple and inexpensive as well as easy to maintain, I’d recommend WordPress.org (http://WordPress.org) or Known (http://WithKnown.com). These will be better at allowing you to own your own domain and own your own data while still offering a large number of more modern blogging/web features.

Other resources:
* Getting Started - IndieWeb (https://indieweb.org/Getting_Started)
* Transitional Steps (https://indieweb.org/Transitional_Steps)