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[senoritafish]

http://www.dailydot.com/culture/livejournal-decline-timeline/

I know this has been being discussed here over and over for the last couple of years, but still, it's damn sad to see it being documented on other sites. I've had this account for over 10 years now, and while I backed it up on Dreamwidth, I don't feel like actually using Dreamwidth unless I absolutely have to. Like many other aspects of my life, I am difficult to transplant.

I suppose I'm contributing to it since Tumblr has been such a distraction lately (and probably not for the good), but I still don't feel like that's a great place for meaty posts meant for a lot of discussion. I dunno, I actually enabled comments on posts over there, but if you only interact through a dashboard, you won't know they're there. Although I do put things there that I used to put here - I've been thinking I should copy some over, but didn't want to bore the people who are in both places. Maybe I will anyway.

I just realized I haven't made a post here in over a month. I should remedy that, but I keep thinking I have to finish other things first. Doesn't stop me from getting on Tumblr though. Gah, I suck and I have no self discipline.

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[tikific.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the absolute worst thing about Tumblr I think is that they're anti-comment. The hipster kids actually make fun of people for daring to add comments to stuff you're reblogging. (And some of them are pretty nasty.)

The trouble with DW is no one's there. I'm finding AO3 is a spiffy place to post fic, but people seem really timid about commenting.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I only have thirty-ish followers, and aside from you and other people that I already knew, most of them added me. I guess they're mostly polite, but they don't say.much either. Ah well.

Man, I only rarely come across a bad story at AO3, but I am shy about commenting. Everyone is so goshdarn smart and eloquent, and I am tonguetied by comparison. I do try to at least leave kudos, tho'. I tell myself I'll come back when I think of something intelligent to say. Good luck there.

One of the things I do really like about it is the download option, so I can read it when I don't have internet access, or a multi-chapter story all at once.

[onnas-baka-gaki.livejournal.com]

I pretty much only use my bjd LJ now, so yes, they're right about losing people to Facebook, where I stay most of the time now except for posting doll stuff.

My regular LJ was turning into a pain whine so it's floating out there with a post every few months or so.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Ah well, this journal is kind of a whine too, I know. Sorry about that. <:( I like FB ok, but I don't feel quite as comfortable posting stuff there that I do here. It's more people I know IRL or did in the past. Mostly I let the less weird stuff I post at Tumblr automatically roll over there. But both those places feel like it's harder to interct with people. Maybe it's just me.