Posting...about posting, mostly

[umadoshi]

It's still great seeing so much traffic on my DW flist. *^^* So exciting! There are a couple of posts I want to respond to at least a bit (by which I mean "link to them and write a little bit on the subject"), mainly dealing with the topic of commenting and how people think about it, but that clearly hasn't happened yet

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[coastal_spirit]

I never quite made the transition to DW. I have an account there, and I think it's awesome, but other than you and Ginny, most of my regular posters are here, and both of you cross-post (at least I think Ginny does?). snapdragon76 and hymnia are there also, and they also cross-post, and post sporadically, and also, they're both fairly active on Facebook, so I keep up with them there. I keep telling myself to be more active on DW, but I have so much to keep up with between LJ and FB and Tumblr that another journal seems like not such a good idea, and I just don't want to give up LJ because, again, of the friend factor. I love Tumblr, but it's a time-suck. ;) There's a lot I don't love about Facebook, but I have met some really good people there, and there are some lovely communities that I can't get elsewhere, and I also keep up with friends who don't use any other source of online communication there. So there you have it, and why I'm telling you this is beyond me. @_@

I do think cats tend to de-stress one (and I just left out the hyphen and LJ changed that to "distress", which was not what I meant at all. :P) I love coming home and seeing those little faces peeking around the corner at me; and I love not being able to sit anywhere without having one or the other, or both wanting to sit with me. I really hope everything works out for you because kittens are wonderful therapy as well as wonderful all-around companions. And they make you laugh and melt your heart and all that good stuff. ;)

I will read your story as soon as I have time to appreciate it. I'm feeling a bit rushed and oogy at the moment, so not now. But soon! *hugs*

[umadoshi]

I admit I selfishly wish you'd bonded more with DW. ^^; But if it's not where you feel at home, then...it's not, so why worry about it?

I can't estimate how much time DW adds to my online time compared to LJ, because I've been actively trying to get involved in the community etc. over there--and actively trying not to establish more connections over here. I think there are about five of you on my flist who actually post on LJ without crossposting, and otherwise it's all communities.

(Also, at this point Ginny has simply abandoned DW and LJ entirely. :/ She was keeping up with reading for quite a while after she stopped posting, but she's now only really keeping tabs on Twitter and Tumblr.)

The kittens seem to be working out! C's allergies are kicking in a little bit, but really not much at all, and he adores the kittens. *g* (I just got a bunch of photos from him and Kas, so I'm going to make another post about the kittens soon. Kittens!)

Blah, I'm sorry you're feeling hectic and oogy! (Ginny uses that word too. *g*) I hope you feel better soon!