September 5, 2003

AOL Journals found wanting

Salon blogger Rayne Today has been trying out the AOL Journals feature and has some criticisms to share.

UPDATE: Rayne Today has also posted further comments about problems with AOL's approach to blogs (The Clone War Quagmire and earlier entries).

Posted by xian at September 5, 2003 10:50 AM
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