Launch catalog / Playbook
LiveJournal
Free route community
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-25. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
Requirements
- Email, username, password meeting complexity rules (8–30 ASCII chars, >=4 distinct symbols, at least 1 number + 1 special + 1 upper + 1 lower, not based on username/email)
- Birthday field is required ('required by law'; only month/day displayed by default)
- Social login alternatives: Google, VKontakte, Rambler, Mail.ru, Twitter/X, OpenID, Sber ID
Prepare before opening the form
- Email for verification
- Username for the journal (<username>.livejournal.com)
- Content plan — a real introductory post linking the product
Workflow
- Open livejournal.com/create and fill username/email/password/birthday/gender, or use a social login
- Verify the email
- Create the first post ('Create First Post' is offered post-signup) introducing/linking the product
- Confirm the journal is public at <username>.livejournal.com
Watch for
- LiveJournal is a legacy blogging community owned via Mail.ru ecosystem — social logins offered include Russian providers (VKontakte, Mail.ru, Sber ID); choose credentials you control
- Password rules are unusually strict for 2026 — generate a compliant ASCII password
- This is a blogging platform, not a directory — the listing is the journal itself and its public posts
- Birthday year dropdown is required and public-by-default for month/day only
What counts as live
The journal is publicly reachable at <username>.livejournal.com and the product post is visible to logged-out visitors
Not verified
- Whether outbound post links are dofollow
- Whether new accounts face post rate limits or link filtering
- Whether journals get indexed in LiveJournal's public browse without community engagement