FAQ Question #202

If you know the LiveJournal username of the person you are looking for, you can find their journal by going to either of the following links, replacing exampleusername with that person's username:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/exampleusername/
http://www.livejournal.com/~exampleusername/

Alternatively, you can use the "search" box in the top right corner of main LiveJournal pages to search for their username.

Usually, if you know a specific person has a LiveJournal but do not know their username and are unable to ask them, the simplest way to find that individual is to use this same "search" box to search for their e-mail address or Instant Messenger identity. However, many users do not make this information public. If this is the case then you will not be able to find them by this method.


SEARCH METHODS

If you are not looking for a specific individual, or if the method above did not work for you, then there are several other methods of searching that you may wish to employ. These include:

* Searching for people based upon their interests -- http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml

* Finding people through communities of similar people -- http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=77 describes communities and http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=85 explains how to find communities.

* Searching for people at random -- http://www.livejournal.com/random.bml

* Looking on the friends pages of your other friends -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/exampleusername/friends (where exampleusername is replaced by their username.)


PAID ACCOUNT OPTIONS

If you have a paid account (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=21) you also have access to the following options:

* Searching by region or doing an advanced search with the directory -- http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=123

* Viewing your "friends' friends" page -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/exampleusername/friendsfriends (where exampleusername is replaced by your username.)


Once you have found another user whose journal you are interested in reading, you may wish to add them to your friends list. This is described at http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=61.


FURTHER READING

What are the paid account benefits?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=131