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

[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.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

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