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

[twiin.livejournal.com]

FB isn't trying to eat Twitter's lunch at all with Timeline, they're trying to do the opposite: A comprehensive look at what you're doing, what you've done, and who you are.

[sabotabby]

Eww. I'd delete my account but it's how I find out about stuff that's on.

[twiin.livejournal.com]

It's kind of amazing in an crazy ambitious way. You should watch the F8 stream if you want to understand it.

[sabotabby]

I'm obviously pro-nym, but are a limited amount of arguments one can make on either side, and I'm pretty sure they've all been made. There aren't enough people on G+ yet to make it an adequate FB substitute, and it's crappy for blogging. I last about a minute on FB these days, but at least I can dash off some links and have people respond.

If I did more art, Tumblr seems like a good way to go about doing so. I'd still want comments, but Disqus doesn't seem to be cooperating with my layout. Also, the tagging system sucks monkey balls. Is there no way I can just pop up the tags I've made and choose from them?

[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.