DW, Facebook, Tumblr and more - wondering where everyone has ended up over the years.
As everyone has probably noticed in the last 3 - 5 years, LJ traffic has gone waaaay down. Remember when trying to keep up with the Flist was well nigh impossible, and people would regularly purge because there was just too much traffic? Yeah, I bet no one has needed to do that in a while.
At first, I thought most people had migrated over to DW, but it doesn't really look like there's a whole lot of traffic over there. Besides, a lot of folks cross post, so you can read them on both sides, which I greatly appreciate, since I often forget to check DW.
I know a gigantic whack of people moved over to using Facebook instead of LJ. Thing is, I really LIKE keeping my Real Life/Name and my Fannish/Filk stuff separate, so I dislike that intensely. While I love filk and costuming and all the other fannish activities I'm involved in, I've actually had employers who have made it plain that fan stuff is weird; I don't want to be in a situation where a potential employer can easily find stuff that could affect my employability just sitting there on facebook. Call me a paranoid worry wart, I don't care. I harken back to the days when you NEVER EVER EVER told people who were outside of your modemmer circle what your online psuedo was. I still feel that way.
My daughter is a Tumblr addict, and I get the sense that a great lot of fannish stuff happens there these days. I made an account over there, but I find it somewhat confusing to try and find things and I'm not crazy about the layout, so I don't really go on there much. That being said, I think the first two years I had my LJ, I barely used it as all. I might like it better once I figure it out.
Even though many folks don't post and barely read here anymore, I still love the LJ platform, layout options and threaded response style. It may not be perfect, but at least I can always follow a conversation that breaks off right to the end without getting lost. I do love me some fine photos, but it's nice that the text of what people say is more important that pictures. And I suppose the upshot of it being low traffic these days is that I don't need to feel guilty about NOT keeping up.
I keep planning to post more - partly because that's how to generate some actual activity on LJ after all, post actual CONTENT... and I do enjoy it when people comment and discussions arise. I also think it's a good exercise for me to do so. Helps to get the creative juices flowing so to speak. I'd like to say I'll post something every day, but HAHAHAHAHA that would so never happen. I'll aim at once a week, knowing full well that is unlikely but, whatever. Gotta aim high, right?
At first, I thought most people had migrated over to DW, but it doesn't really look like there's a whole lot of traffic over there. Besides, a lot of folks cross post, so you can read them on both sides, which I greatly appreciate, since I often forget to check DW.
I know a gigantic whack of people moved over to using Facebook instead of LJ. Thing is, I really LIKE keeping my Real Life/Name and my Fannish/Filk stuff separate, so I dislike that intensely. While I love filk and costuming and all the other fannish activities I'm involved in, I've actually had employers who have made it plain that fan stuff is weird; I don't want to be in a situation where a potential employer can easily find stuff that could affect my employability just sitting there on facebook. Call me a paranoid worry wart, I don't care. I harken back to the days when you NEVER EVER EVER told people who were outside of your modemmer circle what your online psuedo was. I still feel that way.
My daughter is a Tumblr addict, and I get the sense that a great lot of fannish stuff happens there these days. I made an account over there, but I find it somewhat confusing to try and find things and I'm not crazy about the layout, so I don't really go on there much. That being said, I think the first two years I had my LJ, I barely used it as all. I might like it better once I figure it out.
Even though many folks don't post and barely read here anymore, I still love the LJ platform, layout options and threaded response style. It may not be perfect, but at least I can always follow a conversation that breaks off right to the end without getting lost. I do love me some fine photos, but it's nice that the text of what people say is more important that pictures. And I suppose the upshot of it being low traffic these days is that I don't need to feel guilty about NOT keeping up.
I keep planning to post more - partly because that's how to generate some actual activity on LJ after all, post actual CONTENT... and I do enjoy it when people comment and discussions arise. I also think it's a good exercise for me to do so. Helps to get the creative juices flowing so to speak. I'd like to say I'll post something every day, but HAHAHAHAHA that would so never happen. I'll aim at once a week, knowing full well that is unlikely but, whatever. Gotta aim high, right?