Discovered Where...?

[byslantedlight]

I don't really want to make this post, but sadly I think the time has come. discoveredinalj is 17 years old now, and I am still amazed that it's carried on so long after empty_mirrors and I were chatting online across the world - her in Wales, me in Alaska - and worrying about whether anyone at all would want to play with us in the comm. *g

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[byslantedlight]

I won't close it! Just thinking about whether it should move to another forum... which I don't really want to do, but like I said in the post, it's not just about me. *g*

I think the Russians using lj are, like everyone else, something of a mixture. It was definitely a forum for rebels and free speech at one point, but I don't know how independent it still is (bearing in mind that its hard for any major forum to be properly independent in some circumstances). If you check the Russian and Ukrainian Cyrillic feeds though (which you can translate through google), you can see opinions and thoughts on all sides of the invasion - and I never think that paying less attention to people is a better idea than paying more attention to them. People who are treated like pariahs ending up feeling and then acting like pariahs - it's a stupid vicious circle. I did feel uncomfortable with the idea of paying money into a Russian institution - but Lj has by-passed that by extending our account time, so that's not an issue now either.

I'm not sure there's a "volume" of Pros fans anywhere any more, which is sad - except perhaps at Dialj at Christmas! *vbg* And you guys had a good number of people at BistoCon, of course. *vvbg* And Dw certainly seems quiet on the Pros front too, although various people seem to have moved there, or else started a Dw rather than a Lj. I posted a version of this over at Dw too, asking for comments (it wouldn't let me do a poll, because my account there isn't paid) - it'll be interesting to see if anyone at all responds there who isn't still on lj...

Maybe we need to make a big group concerted effort - lots of us - to post Pros to Lj again (and I'm partly thinking of merentha's drabble post yesterday, where she noted how quiet it was Pros-wise in a comment too...) And I know I'm guilty of not posting much lately... really not posting lately.... :(

[ali15son]

As you know i used to post every day but not much interest has been shown lately so i stopped.

[byslantedlight]

I was hoping you were okay, as I hadn't seen you around lately - I thought I remembered that you were going on holiday somewhere, but that might have been a while ago!

I think it's something of a vicious circle - people don't post, so people don't come and look or comment, so people don't post... And there's not much rhyme or reason to when people do/don't comment, I think its mostly to do with the varying patterns in their own lives. Sometimes people don't have time to comment, sometimes they can't think of anything to say, sometimes they think they'll come back and do it later and don't have a chance, sometimes they think they're just being repetitive and saying the same thing over and over, and the post-er might be bored with them, sometimes they're just not in the mood to be social, even on social media... I remember Josey and I used to spend ages trying to work out why some posts or Dialj challenges had more responses than others, and we never could find a pattern! *g*

But I know what you mean - it's discouraging when people don't reply to your posts. I know I've felt like that quite often over the years! So far its always been worth trying again another day, though, and I guess that's what I'll do this time too. Maybe we should all have a concerted posting month, and make our flists sing with Pros, just to prove to each other that we're still here. *g*

[macklingirl]

Love his smile. And I miss your posts.

And I must admit I wasn't active for a while when it was so hot and I was in the garden and not at my computer. Sorry for not being there.

[macklingirl]

I know that you didn't mean it that way. But I missed being at LJ and seeing your posts. You always found pictures I had never seen before.

[byslantedlight]

Ah, thank you - that's always a nice one! *vbg* (I've used one of my Bodie icons in return... *g*)

[ali15son]

Thankyou.....beautiful Bodie.