LJ - Not Your Teenager's Social Network


	LJ - Not Your Teenager's Social Network

aerynvala

3-1-2008 12:01 PM

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livejournal, netiquette

aerynvala says:

Signs you might not be from LJ originally (some of LJ's rules, both social and not-so-social)

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