Wake up!
Okay, so it's a very common thing in LiveJournalLand -- new community created, lots of interest in the first month or two, lots of activity, and then it quickly starts to slide away and before long there's no activity at all. So it's been no different here, and I've certainly neglected my duties as mod by not coming to the table with more information, resources, etc. But all that's about to change! :)
I really believe in this community and from the overwhelmingly positive response the community received at the onset, I know many of you do as well. So I would like to invite you all to tell a friend, online or otherwise about us. Post an intro post if you've never done so. If you've seen a film, documentary, or read a book lately that ought to be recommended here, please share!
Lately I've run into a few people who I wanted to share this community with. However, in the past I was very reluctant to tell anyone from the "real world" about this place, because I wanted it to be a magical online community with invisible people and no one I knew or had ever met in real life. You all know that feeling, right? Especially if anyone knows both me and my husband and I know they're reading posts like this one.
But fuck it.
It's more important that I'm active in the community, trying to make it a better place, and that I keep making posts like it, because it's good for me and it's good for other people to read them and get that feeling that they're not the only one. It's more important that people I know in "real life" are directed to the community if they have something to potentially contribute/receive from posting and reading.
So here I am. I'm trying, and I'm going to keep trying. It's hard for me, being all Scorpio and such, to be so exposed on a regular basis. We scorp types would much rather just stay in the dark corner with our stingers ready. So it takes some effort on my part.
Are you with me?
I really believe in this community and from the overwhelmingly positive response the community received at the onset, I know many of you do as well. So I would like to invite you all to tell a friend, online or otherwise about us. Post an intro post if you've never done so. If you've seen a film, documentary, or read a book lately that ought to be recommended here, please share!
Lately I've run into a few people who I wanted to share this community with. However, in the past I was very reluctant to tell anyone from the "real world" about this place, because I wanted it to be a magical online community with invisible people and no one I knew or had ever met in real life. You all know that feeling, right? Especially if anyone knows both me and my husband and I know they're reading posts like this one.
But fuck it.
It's more important that I'm active in the community, trying to make it a better place, and that I keep making posts like it, because it's good for me and it's good for other people to read them and get that feeling that they're not the only one. It's more important that people I know in "real life" are directed to the community if they have something to potentially contribute/receive from posting and reading.
So here I am. I'm trying, and I'm going to keep trying. It's hard for me, being all Scorpio and such, to be so exposed on a regular basis. We scorp types would much rather just stay in the dark corner with our stingers ready. So it takes some effort on my part.
Are you with me?