"Left a note and it read, 'Someday you will be loved.'"

[greygirlbeast]

It isn't bad enough that the few corners of the internet that I love are withering and/or drawing in upon themselves like a startled sea anemone, but the tempo as a whole - that is, the tempo of the internet - is accelerating. And the rate of acceleration appears exponential. So, that which is faster grows increasingly rapid. Attention spans

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[mystical_indi]

Funny, how after all that my first reaction was to look for the "like" button. And here I feel the same way you do about all this speed. I'm amazed when people want three devices that do the same thing - a phone, an iPad, and a computer, among various others. So you can get your information that much faster? Why do you want something that beeps at you all the time? People are sleeping, we aren't aware of our surroundings because we are moving too fast to take the time to look around. One day, I hope, all this technology will fail, and people will have a waking moment where they realize how much they've missed in the meantime.

But...all this is likely futile.

[greygirlbeast]

my first reaction was to look for the "like" button.

And, honestly, I don't even know what those "like" buttons mean. You can't be so reductive that everything comes down to "I like this" or "I don't like this."

One day, I hope, all this technology will fail, and people will have a waking moment where they realize how much they've missed in the meantime.

All we near is a coronal mass ejection big enough to fry the communication satellites. And that's only a matter of time.

[mystical_indi]

I agree. "Like"ing something doesn't say anything. I always want to ask: "And how do you feel about that?"

All we near is a coronal mass ejection big enough to fry the communication satellites. And that's only a matter of time.

Hopefully sooner rather than later. I fear our brains are turning to mush.

[alumiere]

I wouldn't say patience is completely extinct yet. Although LJ does seem really quiet at the moment, it could just be the holidaze. It seems like an awful lot of people are overwhelmed with family crap, kids off school for weeks and other things right now.

I do wish something would kill failbook soon; I seem to be required to have one (many of my friends won't even use email anymore), and I hate the damn thing.

As an added wish, I would that I didn't have to cancel my subscription to Sirenia a few months ago ($). Every time you talk briefly about the upcoming goodies I get a bit sad that I'm missing them. But things may improve this year and I'll resume subscribing.

[greygirlbeast]

I wouldn't say patience is completely extinct yet. Although LJ does seem really quiet at the moment, it could just be the holidaze. It seems like an awful lot of people are overwhelmed with family crap, kids off school for weeks and other things right now.

That might explain a couple of months, but not the past couple of years, which has witnessed the steady decline. I wasn't addressing the last two months.

But things may improve this year and I'll resume subscribing.

I do hope so.

[alumiere]

Ah... I thought you were talking about the even more quiet than usual right now. Yes, it does seem to have become less populated here, but those of us who are still here do love it.

And I hope so too.

[greygirlbeast]

Ah... I thought you were talking about the even more quiet than usual right now. Yes, it does seem to have become less populated here,

Vastly less populated, and the numbers prove it.

[flameelf]

When you find a better outlet--i.e., that which eventually replaces LJ--I will follow you, for your yearnings are mine.

I really wish either LJ would recover, or we'd all find a perfect blogsphere site 'like LJ' that we're all pleased to work upon with our musings.

Until then, I still enjoy yours.

Grey :)

[greygirlbeast]

I really wish either LJ would recover, or we'd all find a perfect blogsphere site 'like LJ' that we're all pleased to work upon with our musings.

It comes down to some inexplicable drive to reinvent a wheel. Why find another service, when this one (DOS attacks aside) works just fine? Blogger works just fine. Humans are fickle, that's why.

[sovay]

Twitter and Facebook replace blogging.

Liveblogging replaces reviews. The idea of opening a theater to "tweet seats," in which patrons will be allowed to text forth their thoughts on the performance as they watch it, seems to defeat the entire purpose of live theater. I watch plays on a movie screen from time to time, but only because I can't get tickets to London. What's the point of being there if you're going to be somewhere else?

The only thing you're running towards is death.

Oh, don't you know? If you run fast enough, you can never die. Time slows as you approach the event horizon.

(You'll be dying for millennia, on the inside.)

LiveJournal has ceased to be the hip place to be seen.

Yes, well, I have never been good at hip.

It needs to be written in a language that is just shy of cut up.

I look forward.

[greygirlbeast]

The idea of opening a theater to "tweet seats," in which patrons will be allowed to text forth their thoughts on the performance as they watch it,

This is so horrifying that I'd say you've left me speechless, but for the fact that I'm still typing.

If you run fast enough, you can never die. Time slows as you approach the event horizon.

Oh, those poor sods.

Yes, well, I have never been good at hip.

I tried, but, ultimately, failed miserably.

[sovay]

This is so horrifying that I'd say you've left me speechless, but for the fact that I'm still typing.

I saw a passing mention in today's opinion section of the Boston Globe and tracked the original article: I was appalled.

I tried, but, ultimately, failed miserably.

Don't worry. You ended up bow tie.

[greygirlbeast]

except that I think it's everywhere.

Pretty much. The shrinking of the globe is a consequence.

Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? If not, give it a shot. It's either a comedy or a horror movie depending on your point of view.

I saw it, and there were a couple of funny moments. But over all I really hated that film.