Personal affinities to blogging and social networks
You know you're getting old when you can't adapt.
I think back to the "golden days" of livejournal, and I know that those days are gone forever. People have moved on to twitter or facebook, and I can see the attraction. I've tried them out, and I am pretty sure in more competent hands they are a great tool for social interaction. I also entirely agree that they are far more convenient to handle on a mobile device. How many apps out there can crosspost between twitter and livejournal for example (or G+ and Livejournal and twitter ...).
But I personally feel that these are not the social media networks for me. I mean, I don't really have any choice in the matter ... if I want to interact with people online then this seems the way to do it. But what I mean is that I grew up on Livejournal and I am having trouble adapting to this twitter / facebook world. Sure, I remember wishing once upon a time that there was a way to "only see the important stuff on LJ" (and I see Facebook is trying to just about do this now. People complain, but with the mass of posts coming through I don't see how else people will be able to manage), but ultimately, it was a system that worked for me.
Not that I don't wish that some of the more mobile orientated features of Facebook could be on LJ, but then I also wish some LJ features could be on Facebook.
I suppose there is no point wishing things were different. The important question is to ask how to best adapt to it.
Speaking of which stay tuned for my review of 2011, and thoughts about 2012! (Yeah ... riveting stuff >.> )
I think back to the "golden days" of livejournal, and I know that those days are gone forever. People have moved on to twitter or facebook, and I can see the attraction. I've tried them out, and I am pretty sure in more competent hands they are a great tool for social interaction. I also entirely agree that they are far more convenient to handle on a mobile device. How many apps out there can crosspost between twitter and livejournal for example (or G+ and Livejournal and twitter ...).
But I personally feel that these are not the social media networks for me. I mean, I don't really have any choice in the matter ... if I want to interact with people online then this seems the way to do it. But what I mean is that I grew up on Livejournal and I am having trouble adapting to this twitter / facebook world. Sure, I remember wishing once upon a time that there was a way to "only see the important stuff on LJ" (and I see Facebook is trying to just about do this now. People complain, but with the mass of posts coming through I don't see how else people will be able to manage), but ultimately, it was a system that worked for me.
Not that I don't wish that some of the more mobile orientated features of Facebook could be on LJ, but then I also wish some LJ features could be on Facebook.
I suppose there is no point wishing things were different. The important question is to ask how to best adapt to it.
Speaking of which stay tuned for my review of 2011, and thoughts about 2012! (Yeah ... riveting stuff >.> )