Well, in a lot of places, they have a 'life' forum, where they can talk and discuss their more personal problems there.
But with a blog script, you can actually use it as a journal. Like, if there's something you want to write down, but don't want anyone to see, you set it to private.
Kinda like LiveJournal, but added on to the forums.
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