Does Nudging do any good?

[pink_halen]

Are our friends lost to other social media? Is there any way to draw them back? I have tried the "Nudge a Friend" but see no evidence that it worked. I tried the program the LJ offered six months ago where people were invited back with the lure of some member benefits. I saw no evidence that brought anyone back. (In fact, even LJ has been quiet

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[sewcute]

I think part of the issue is the crappy LJ app.

[pink_halen]

I don't use an LJ app. This is directly at the website.

If friends don't respond to direct invitations, What can we do to bring them back to LiveJournal?

[flying_blind]

I think sewcute was saying that one reason people are reluctant to use LJ anymore is that the app available for LJ is inferior to the apps available for rival social media sites. A majority of people access the Internet by mobile phone now, and the share still using computers is declining rapidly.

A crappy mobile app could be a factor, but I still think the (probably irreversible) loss of the lead LJ once had in sheer mass of users is the main reason for the relentlessness of its decline. The fewer users we have, the less attractive the place becomes, and the less attractive it becomes the fewer users we have. A vicious cycle is terribly hard to break.

[sewcute]

That is what I meant.

I wish I knew how to get people back. . .I miss the community that I used to have on here with my friends, it's just not the same on Facebook (or any other site)

[rachel_nicole]

I miss this place terribly sometimes.. I used to spend HOURS on LJ, posting... reading friend's journals..

[sewcute]

I meant the mobile app. I used to use it to post and comment, but I cannot use it for either, and commenting is difficult.

[ron_newman]

Which app? For Windows, Mac, or Linux?

[kshandra]

Or one of the mobile apps?

[sewcute]

iphone app

[sewcute]

mobile app for iphone.

[zoefruitcake]

I second the iPhone app being useless

[archmage]

I gave up on the client. Always seemed to have an issue. I just use the main site, anymore.

[sewcute]

I've not had an issue with the mac or PC apps.