Welcome!
Welcome to the LiveJournal Community Center. This is the place to find out how and where to interact with your fellow LiveJournal addicts! LiveJournal isn't only a a great place for keeping a journal; it's a place where people meet, interact, share common interests, and have a good time. Here are of our community features to keep you informed and in touch.

New?
Are you new to LiveJournal and don't know quite what to do yet? Then You'll want to head over to The 'Newbies' Lounge, where you'll find answers to all your questions you may have. Visit newbies, explore a bit, and you'll be a pro in no time!

News
If you want to keep up to date with all of the news pertaining to LiveJournal, be sure to check out The LiveJournal Community News, and add it to your friends list, as you will be informed of all the business, development, and general news of LiveJournal on a weekly basis. If you want just the system news, be sure to check out the regular news page.

Chat!
LiveJournal users chat up a storm. Many of them use popular instant messengers, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, or Jabber instant messengers. If you do, be sure to list it in your personal info settings.

Many LiveJournal users also use IRC, or Internet Relay Chat. There are #livejournal rooms located on several different servers, including openprojects.net, irc.warped.net, efnet.net, or sorcery.net you can find a room labeled #livejournal. (links will take you to that server's Java IRC client)

Volunteer
Don't be shy! Help out! There are many ways to volunteer. LiveJournal is an Open Source project; if you have experience with programming languages or server side applications you can check out the LiveJournal Development Community. If you have ideas about how LiveJournal could be better, check out the LiveJournal Suggestions Area. If you would like to help with just about anything, visit the LiveJournal Business Community. If you like helping people, visit our technical support center and help someone out. If you are savy with graphic design, check out the LiveJournal Art Community.

What is a Community?
A community is basically a journal run by a member of LiveJournal for people with common interests. Communities are free to use and create... anyone can have them, and they're easy to set up, too! Our communities cover topics from Anime to Bisexuality to regional communities for places all around the world. There's probably a LiveJournal community for where you live too!

How do I create a community?
There is a rather lengthy FAQ covering just about everything that pertains to communities. If you still need more information, feel free to submit a support request.

Where do I find a community?
Need a quick way to find a community? The directory now hosts communities in a seperate search list, and if you search by interest, communities will appear on the top of your search results page if they match your interest key-word. Note : the database is currently down. No search results will be given from the search page

• Search for a community - Note : the database is currently down. No search results will be given from the search page
• Check out the community_promo page