New LJ Etiquette

[ladyheatherlly]

So I just realized that LJ now has a "love" button. I was wondering why so many little hearts were popping up in my comments. :)

Question: Am I supposed to respond to these? I don't see a way to "love" back, so I've just been replying with HTML hearts.

Comments

[surfocrates]

They haven't set a way to love back outside of responding and tagging with comments.

[ladyheatherlly]

Eh, that's probably a good thing. It's better as a minor feature.

[antuisce]

Ha I don't think you *need* to respond really, I tend to heart something when I'm reading through my friends page without time to comment or I have nothing to say. Just to let my friends know I'm reading/acknowledged them. My worry is, much like the 'like' function on FB, it will start being used as a default for communication. I always try to balance it so I'm not just a lurking 'liker' haha.

[ladyheatherlly]

LOL, duly noted.

Now that I've discovered it, I'll need to be careful not to overuse it, too. Maybe one comment for every heart? That seems like a good balance.

[ki]

I.. don't even see this option. But I've also been resistant to switching to the "new LiveJournal" every time it's been offered.

Also, Hi! *waves* I've been lurking but it's nice to see you back around these parts. (:

[ladyheatherlly]

Oh wow, HI! It's great to see you, too. ♥

Yeah, I've had enough of social media. I'm much happier now that I'm back on LJ… even more so when I see familiar faces (well, usernames) popping up. I do hope you'll consider updating your journal at some point - I'd love to read all about what you've been up to.

As for the new layout… I accidentally switched last week and can't find a way to switch it back. Not sure there's even a way to do so anymore.

[ki]

*nods* I'm mostly over on twitter now (@wildfaeriecaps) where all I do is stress about writing. (:

I'll give it some thought, though. I mean, I still check my LJ feed every day but now that my kids are older my life is.. boring? I do lessons with them, write, play video games, read books. Low-key stuff.

[ladyheatherlly]

I'm on Twitter, too (@MimsWriter), but I only tweet sporadically and almost all of it is political stuff.

As for your life being boring… it doesn't sound that way to me at all! I'd really like to hear more about your writing, the books you're reading, and yes, the kids, too. I still remember when the Imp was born… it would be neat to hear about how they've grown and changed over the years.

Mine is 24 now. Can you believe that? Time really does fly…

[anwyn_elfmaiden]

I am always confused when I receive the info that someone loved my entry :D

[ladyheatherlly]

Yeah, I was confused at first, too! XD

[webgirluk]

I find most people don't really use the heart feature and I think it's the same as a "like" on facebook in order to acknowledge a post and that you read it or read and enjoyed it but don't have anything to add as such. I noticed some people don't like getting a heart without a comment but I see it as a nice extra touch to say "Hey, I read and hear you" that wouldn't otherwise happen, rather than it taking away a deeper response as such.

[ladyheatherlly]

Yeah, I like that it's not the default response like it is on Facebook. You're right - it's nice to have when you can't think of a deeper response or a post might not necessarily require one.