Birthdays

[kudagirl]

Every once in awhile I get an email about a LJ friend having a birthday. I click on their user name to see if they are still here. Today it was Spikesdeb. Seems she hasn't posted for around ten years. Always makes me sad. I miss my fandom friends from LJ. I lurk on Dreamwidth as kuda these days. I couldn't get into my old kudagirl account due to no longer

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[slaymesoftly]

There is a new generation of BTVS onine. They do hang out on Tumbler,Reddit, and other places I don't frequent. But they also hang out on Elysian Fields and a newer archive, Sunnydale After Dark. It's not quite like LJ in the old days, but there are conversations. I think one or both of them might also have an LJ? And they do have a FB presence also. Seasonal Spuffy is still hanging in there, so twice a year new people get pulled into LJ/DW, at least temporarily. It's just that most people have moved on with their lives and only use LJ/DW for more personal things now, or, they've moved on to other fandoms that don't interest me, so I don't pay a lot of attention to them. It is sad, but....
ETA: I try to keep a presence here, but I usually post first to DW and don't always bother to repost on LJ. It was easier when there was automatic crossposting, and that's what I got used to doing. I did the daily question meme last year to force myself to use my journals more, and thereby keep up better with my friends, but I'm not doing it again this year except sporadically. Don't need one more thing I should be doing, but am not being good about, handing over my head. :)

[kudagirl]

Yes, I am not on FB, Reddit or Twitter. Too many people in my life I just don't want to deal with. Too old for that kind of drama. That's why LJ and Dreamwidth was right for me. I could enjoy my fandom and the lovely friends.
I would crosspost, but doesn't seem to work from DW to LJ. Back in the day I was one of the fans that commented on EF all the time. Life shifted for me and there just wasn't time to keep it up. Hugs.