One semi-unique feature that LiveJournal had was its advertising free account option, but as of today it seems that option will no longer be around.
Details from ReadWriteWeb say:
SUP, the Russian company that recently acquired LiveJournal, angered a substantial number of its users last week by instituting the policy before discussing it publicly and going against […]

I always wondered what made SixApart interested in LiveJournal. I knew it made sense in one respect, as growing your company always does, but the user group of their other products, TypePad and MovableType, didn’t really fit in my mind with the user group of LiveJournal, and so it comes as no surprise to me […]

  
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