LJ is still a little relevant

[sabotabby]

I'm consciously avoiding Facebook these days. I don't even want to look at it. I gather there are probably some features on it that I need to disable.

Facebook's effect on social networking reminds me of what happened with Chapters-Indigo in Canada. All of the small publishers and bookstores went out of business, and everyone had to go to Chindigo, and then Chindigo realized that it was much more profitable to sell a small number of popular books and lots of diaries and scented candles. So everyone ditched and started buying books on Amazon. I don't know what the SNS equivalent of Amazon is.

I'm avoiding G+ because nymwars have resulted in practically no one I know using it for anything other than posting about nymwars.

I'm trying to like Tumblr but there is not a convenient way to comment. It doesn't feel very social or interactive to just click a heart. And I'm not sure that there is a big audience for pictures of pulp sci-fi covers that look like they have dicks on them, which appears to be the theme I've fallen into.

So I'm glad LJ is still here.

And also because I love you guys.

Comments

[lienne.livejournal.com]

:D

[sabotabby]

Oh, BTW, does your computer have a Firewire port? That's the only issue with my terabyte drive.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

...I don't even know what one of them is

so probably not?

then again there are lots of computers in this house...

[sabotabby]

Okay, I'll bring it and we'll see if it works.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

having just joined, I submit the following first impression:

it is like G+ with a slightly more understated interface, and it has a gender text box

let me repeat that

IT HAS A GENDER TEXT BOX

EVERYONE SHOULD USE DIASPORA

NO MORE FUCKING DROP-DOWN MENUS

NO MORE FLIPPING A COIN TO PICK MY LIE

NO MORE IDENTIFYING AS "OTHER"

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[lienne.livejournal.com]

o7

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

I friended my mom. But to be fair, she's awesome.

[cannibal-x.livejournal.com]

I still like LJ! I pretty much only have 10 or so people reading and posting on my friends list, vs 100+ active people on facebook, which kind of bums me out. I'd ditch it right away if I didn't think it would make me lose touch with extended family and friends who don't live near me..

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

I really like Tumlbr (mostly for the crack-tacular fan art), but I agree that its comment system is awkward. My other issue with it is that there's no filter system that I've figured out yet. As one person noted, "Tumblr can go from kittens to orgies in two posts". I think you can block certain tags, but that only works if the poster bothered to tag it in the first place.

It seems most of my fb time is spent gaming. Stupid games...

[sabotabby]

It's not like I check it at work, so kittens to orgies isn't a huge problem for anything other than my eyeballs.

I've managed to completely avoid FB games. It's not even a thing to me. After the official Scrabble game went down years ago, I had no interest in the stuff.

[sabotabby]

Yeah, my friends list is definitely smaller and less active than it was. But my lifestyle is also busier than it once was, so that's actually okay.

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

It just caught me by surprise, I suppose. Do a tag search for character x, find everything from adorable to OH GAWD EYE BLEACH PLEASE.

And while I don't check it at work, I do have a kiddo at the house...so no more tumbling while the boy is up (til I can block tags).

I started playing Words, which i can't tell apart from Scrabble, unless the official one didn't have ads, which would be an improvement.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I'm really confused at how many people on my flist talk about no longer being around as much because they've been sucked in by tumblr or twitter, and apparently a lot of fandom has moved there? I guess I just find it bizarre that they should even affect LJ as they're such different platforms and obv for quick comments and reblogging art. Doesn't anyone want long discussion any more :/

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

fuck a facebook.
i love me some tumblr, but it took me a while to find a sort of groove with it.
basically, my friends and i have mostly retreated back to emailing, chatting, and secret spaces behind closed doors.

[nichtsda.livejournal.com]

I added my Dad because it was a way for me to keep an eye on him. He does very strange things and usually the content of his posts is an indicator of what's going on.

[nichtsda.livejournal.com]

Tumblr was a big distraction for me, so for my own sake, I stopped using it. I have learned much about advances in creative manicures, but I can only devote so much time in a day to scrolling through photos of people's craftily painted fingernails. My posts were mostly pictures of shoes, anyhow, so it's not like I was using it to discuss things that matter to me.

Livejournal is a more controlled audience, the filters (so far) continue to work as they always have (unlike Facebook changing its default privacy levels and making you have to see what you have showing to whom), and I've had the same people on my list for a long enough time that I know who I can trust with what level of information. As long as I have personal concerns to write about, I'll have a need for Livejournal.

I limit most of my Facebook adds and activities because that account is largely for job-related posts and networking. Anyone I don't want to add on Facebook will get added on G+ for the rare times when I want to share something cool I saw on Youtube.

[purveyorofchaos.livejournal.com]

I have a soft spot for LJ, to me it offers something that none of the other social networking sites offer, which is the opportunity to post things in long form, filter your content sharing, use pseudonyms as the internet gods intended, and have discussions. All of that in one place is lacking in FB, g+, twitter, etc.

[ironed_orchid]

Me too.

[ironed_orchid]

Yup.

[ironed_orchid]

Yes, especially about how I use Tumblr. Serious ART bzns. And silly gifs. I hate the way conversations through reblogging clog up my feed.

[ironed_orchid]

I like your fb posts and the way they actually generate discussion. I don't see a lot of that.

[ironed_orchid]

They say all the people waiting for invites should be on by October, so hopefully there'll be a big influx of new users around then.

[ironed_orchid]

It's like you are channeling my brains!

And the brains of all the right minded people out there.

I thin it will appeal to the sort of people who prefer DW to LJ (e.g.), it has all the functions of other networking sites, but the politics are better.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

The one thing I would like from G+ is the ability to +1 your Eldritch/Morrison icon! <3

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

My brother keeps getting in fights with our right-wing relatives. I can only smile offer sympathy.