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Wow! Does anyone post on LJ anymore? I haven't been back here in a long while. Most ppl might be prone to saying that FB has killed LJ, but I wouldn't totally agree with that. While the newer crop of social media sites has taken a bite out of the older ones like LJ and myspace, the newer ones like FB and Twitter are more geared to social media. The older sites were envisioned as something different and were simply hijacked for social media. When something that better fit that model came along, users migrated. Myspace was originally created so that musicians and artists could have their own websites without having to create them (remember Geocities?). LJ was there for ppl to write and blog. Younger users, who generally have more time on their hands to tinker, found other uses for these site. For me tho, it's both the ease of the other sites, the number of friends who're already on those sites and the simple math of how many hours a day I have to spend on the internet. If I'm on site X, I'm going to have to limit my time on R.
Actually, I hardly spend any time on FB, it's become more of a bulletin board to me, I go on there to check what notes have been posted. My email accounts have suffered some, I neglect a few of them fairly regularly. Myspace is still there and I check it. I guess that cell phone technology has really changed things the most. I certainly am txting a lot more than I was 5 years ago. No, I haven't bought into that tracking device known as a smartphone yet. The more I hear of them and what the service providers do with the data they obtain, the less I'm interested. Sooo, all that being said, I'll see how much time I begin to spend here.
Came home last night and went to bed for a nap. Usually, I set my alarm, but didn't this time. So I was kinda surprised (but not really) when I woke up at 8:45 to go to he bathroom, then again at 3:30 or so. Spent an hour on the internet and then hit the sheets again. Woke up finally at 11 this morning. Yeeesh! Did I really need that much sleep? Maybe so.
Actually, I hardly spend any time on FB, it's become more of a bulletin board to me, I go on there to check what notes have been posted. My email accounts have suffered some, I neglect a few of them fairly regularly. Myspace is still there and I check it. I guess that cell phone technology has really changed things the most. I certainly am txting a lot more than I was 5 years ago. No, I haven't bought into that tracking device known as a smartphone yet. The more I hear of them and what the service providers do with the data they obtain, the less I'm interested. Sooo, all that being said, I'll see how much time I begin to spend here.
Came home last night and went to bed for a nap. Usually, I set my alarm, but didn't this time. So I was kinda surprised (but not really) when I woke up at 8:45 to go to he bathroom, then again at 3:30 or so. Spent an hour on the internet and then hit the sheets again. Woke up finally at 11 this morning. Yeeesh! Did I really need that much sleep? Maybe so.