Scrabble blogging community?

[redessence]

It's clear that LJ is moribund as a regular blogging medium for Scrabblers. The cross-tables forums are not really any better, despite several past attempts at reviving them. I know that we all get busy; heck, I'm barely on ISC anymore, almost never look at the newsgroups, and haven't done a whole lot of Scrabble-related stuff besides a handful of

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[wrongradical]

LiveJournal has suffered a deep decline yet I still prefer it as a medium for my own journal. I like to keep a record of my book reviews, my travelogues, and the occasional rant about my eternal frustration with technology.

I check LJ daily yet my own personal stats can go weeks without a single new view. The reason I keep writing a LJ is strictly personal; having an audience and to read their comments to my posts is quite nice, but not the main reason I write. I do enjoy reading what others write and that is the reason I check on a daily basis.

[badqoph]

I think the key is to just keep posting on CT forums. It's the best format. It's open to everyone and easy to access. LJ is too closed off, which is part of why it's died down, I think. There's a sense of equality, egalitarianism if you will, on CT. It's never going to be heavily trafficked, but right now there are a couple posts a day, which is not nothing.

[wrongradical]

I have elected to keep my LJ entirely open. I do not have to worry about who will see what I post because I realize that *everyone* could see what I post.

Thus my LJ is even open to those who do not have LJ accounts, and I have found (or rather, I myself have been found) by others who have searched on-line for North Korea travel blogs, by those who are interested in travel to Tristan da Cunha, and perhaps most fascinating of all, by a reader who is interested in remote idioms of English, such as the Tristanian idiom.

My Tristan book reviews showed up in on-line searches, and I have gained a few friends who are following my Tristan travel preparations blog.

I wonder if there is such a thing as an "open to all" Facebook account, which doesn't require a FB membership to view.

[baudekin]

I still read it - very easy to keep up, nowadays!

[j_is_worth8]

I read it daily - miss the "good old days" when it was a primary medium for many of us. FB has a lot of "noise" to filter through and doesn't have the same sense of privacy and intimacy.

I'm going to be posting here about some current life events since FB will be too public.

[srockhop]

i haven't had much to say since my life has mainly been about work and school. i did get a new puppy, but i don't want to turn into a puppy blogger. i'm going to taiwan/thailand in july; so i'll probably post some more then.

[wrongradical]

Srockhop, if you'd like a rockhopper souvenir from Tristan da Cunha, contact me privately with your mailing address.