see you... maybe

[01cheers]

This is me giving up, I suppose. Specifically, as far as this account is concerned, giving up the hope that LiveJournal might remain a more-or-less active hub of friendly discussion etc. and giving in to the privacy-averse, profit-driven, shallow monstrosity that is Facebook

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[wild_huntress]

Eep, I'm really sorry to see you go, especially as we had so little time to get to know each other here but I loved the interactions we did have. Hope RL things go better and that you take care/feel better...

[01cheers]

Thank you for the nice words and wishes :) It helps to hear from people I used to have fun with, even if, as you say, we met relatively briefly. But I remember, and will no doubt fondly recall, last autumn's fandom adventures, including my Christian Bale film marathon that brought me to Velvet Goldmine and your fics, as a really fun time I had, even if I can't go back to it. I'll hang around occasionally, but must apologise both in retrospect and in advance for not being very talkative; when things are less than great I tend to retreat into silence. What I need to do is keep kicking my own butt to do something, at least in small steps, to get myself out of the mess I put myself into. And anyway, I hope for all our sakes that LJ picks itself up a bit as well :)

[wild_huntress]

:/ Am definitely sad to see you go (especially when those fandoms/interests, and LJ generally, need all the people they can get - especially a really nice one like you) but I understand how RL problems can make you want to retreat from online "fun" commitments - especially when those are as frustrating as LJ is getting. I hope it won't be indefinitely though and I hope whatever is bothering you gets/goes better... and I may just look you up on FB.

[01cheers]

I have an empty account there, pretty much - I mostly plan to use it to get film news and the like, and from what I am seeing the interaction there is as shallow as I remember it being from my real-name account days in 2007-08 - but feel free to look me up regardless. Who knows, maybe there are interesting fandom groups there that either of us might find :)

[01cheers]

Thank you sweetie! It is always good to hear from you

[01cheers]

As interaction goes, FB is so shallow - every bit as much as I remember it being from my business school days when we subscribed en masse - as not to be worth one's time, indeed. The only people I know who have a good use for it are those with family and friends overseas who use it to stay in touch with these guys. It would apply to me too but my family and close friends outside Italy are either computer-illiterate or as FB-averse as me. LJ was certainly more personal and had more substance. I plan to just use FB as a newsfeed; I do like the hype for films I am into, and as a spoiler slut, I am after every tidbit I can get. But other than that, you are making a wise choice not losing time there. (I do, however, draw the line at Twitter and Tumblr ;) )

[thymelady]

I'm sorry to hear you're not well. Lovely to see you, no matter the circumstances. :)

Not ready to give Tumblr a go as well, btw? A fair few of us frolic there these days.

[01cheers]

Good to see you around! It looks like you are very active on facebook - which means I'll always have interesting real-person updates to read, and will probably pick up a Swedish word or two ;)
But I draw the line at Twitter and Tumblr... Facebook was quite a leap already!

[caffyolay]

I've practically stopped using LJ too, to be honest. It's a real shame but it isn't what it once was for one reason or another. I do however use FB quite a lot, not for anything really serious just as a fun tool really. I'll see if I can find you...

ETA: Turns out there are quite a few Anna Cheers over there. Are you the one in Rome with the icon of a sunset/sunrise?

[01cheers]

Heyyy! *waves* and happy birthday!
I know what you mean re LJ's slow agony and remembering how it was a little while back compared to today's echoing emptiness making it sadder. I am paranoid about Facebook but as you say, so long as you use it for fun it should be OK. I hope, that is ;)

yes, I am the one in Rome with the sunset icon. The sunset per se was on Lake Como on my birthday in 2006, after a long thunderstorm. The interesting thing is, the sun itself is not in the picture, not even behind clouds; this whole light effect was *reflecting* the sun from across the sky. One of my fond memories, obvs :)

[caffyolay]

*Waves back* Thank you! Yes, I can't help remembering all the wonderful coalition stuff and how active LJ was back then. Very sad.

A friend of mine felt the same way about FB but has done as you have and joined it anon. She has fun but, even though a lot my my followers know her, they have no idea it's her. So I have experience of saying nothing about people's real identity. I also have a 'friends only' group as my brother is a complete pain on FB and I don't always want him to see what I post. Not that I do controversial... he just loves having a go. The other thing I feel awkward about on there is that I follow a page for my present 'crush'... Jeremy Paxman. Yes, I know, no accounting for taste is there... but when you comment on the pages you follow all your followers can see it. That's one of things I don't like about FB. Aside from that, it's fun and I enjoy it, but care needs to be taken.

Anyway, I sent you a 'friend' request. :-)

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[lonespark]

I've just discovered your delightful existence via Robin Hood fandom...sorry to see you stepping back, although I definitely know how depression screws with all kinds of interaction.

I wish you all the luck in the world, I really do.