Missing LJ

[kssthesky]

I miss LJ a lot. I don't mean writing here. That's part of it, but what I really miss is the old LJ. The community feel to this place is long gone. I'm not interested in joining half assed new communities that aren't created for good content, but are instead created by those that just want to be a moderator and don't have a fucking clue on how to

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[bostondave]

I know exactly how you feel but thats what happens with technology. People want to be where its hip and where all their friends are right? Sadly nothing stays the same forever.

[kssthesky]

Yeah, I know.

There are a few reasons why I kept this journal, even though I'm not nearly as active as I used to be. I used to write in a lot of paper journals. Being the private person I am, I would burn or shred the pages out of fear someone would come across them, even after my death (which I really shouldn't care about at that point). When I heard about LJ, I thought it was a good way to write whatever I wanted and not worry about someone accessing things I didn't want read (unless they hacked of course). It was only a little after I joined did I decide to check into other features such as finding ways to add people and communities to my list. I never got as personal in my writings as I had planned except for maybe a few posts here and there.

I definitely want to use this again. As I mentioned in a previous post, I use FB for those I know in real life, but I feel don't feel comfortable enough to have those people read stuff I would normally write in a locked LJ entry. Especially when it comes to work and family.

[cebastiankraine]

I completely understand where you're coming from, as I joined back in 2001 as well and LJ was completely different then.

It just boggles my mind, though, that LJ could be replaced by short messages on Twitter or Facebook. I get so much more out of LJ than any of the other sites ::shrug::

[kssthesky]

Hi Ceb! I hope things are well with you. I was going to ask you about the skating last week, but thought maybe you'd be busy with the move and everything.

As I wrote in the above comment, my FB account is for those I know in real life and I don't feel comfortable posting longer LJ type entries on it since it's more personal and the last thing I need is for my co-workers to read my workplace rants, for a family member to read about family rants, or if I get frustrated at a friend and need to let it out somehow.

I definitely want to be more active in LJ again. Looking at my friends list, I think about 2/3 haven't posted in a long time. And I just saw in December, one of my 2001 adds decided to leave LJ for wordpress. I like the fact that he's still blogging, which must be considered old fashioned these days. But I like old fashioned. :)

[cebastiankraine]

Howdy! :) Things are going well. Moving actually is this Friday-Sunday, so I was able to catch all of the skating. Mostly because I had set the DVR a couple of weeks ago and it actually didn't erase my record request

[kssthesky]

About FB, I did consider making two separate ones. I've decided in the end to just keep things very impersonal on FB and then use LJ again as my outlet for more personal things I want to keep hidden. I have a couple co-workers on my FB list that are married to each other. The day after New Years, one of them writes a post for everyone to see about how they are divorcing. It took everyone by surprise and there were at least 20 people from the office on both of their lists. You can imagine what the office was like the next day. Wrong on so many levels

[anonymous]

Hi there, Ideastorm here. I've been away so long I can't retrieve my own password, different emails and all that. I'm thinking of starting a new one.

I have missed your thoughts and input.

cheers.

[kssthesky]

Let me know when you do! I wish I could say that I write on here as often as I used to. I am starting to at least check my friend list once a week though.