Speaking Of Living On The Internet ...

[bloodyrosemccoy]

kadharonon linked to this here post by yuki_onna on the LJ Fatigue that seems to be going around, and the possible reasons for it. I think in my case, it was simply that I’ve added too many feeds and whatnot to my friends’ page, so now I get so overwhelmed trying to keep up with everyone that I wind up keeping up with no one. The reasons she gives are also surprisingly painful—having people leave for another site is more of a wrench than I’d have ever thought. (No, seriously, it was a blow when Ursula Vernon started her own blog, even if every post does get mirrored here.)

I probably still won’t be very timely with my comments, but I’ve been trying to keep up, especially with my core group of friends on here, because quite a lot of you are FRIENDS, and not just in the online Hey-We-Both-Like-Cake-And-Have-Blogs-We-Are-Now-Friends sense. I’d rather not lose that, so unless I get hit by a truck or something, I assure you I’ll definitely be sticking around.

Comments

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

I've noticed it too. And I was disappointed when Ursula moved her blogging offsite, even though it's mirrored and she still comments.

FWIW I've always been more active in people's comments than on my own LJ. Actually, I first got an account just so I'd have a username in comments rather than being anonymous, and only started posting for myself much later. I got the permaccount so I'd have lots of icons for scans_daily, which kinda backfired when SD got the boot.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

The journal done for commenting purposes is fair enough, I'd say--you're still quite active on here, so it's the same principle. (Plus, your many icons are always a source of entertainment, with the possible exception of that one right up there, which gives me the creeps. ;) )

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Heh, that one was done for me by a friend on a webcomic forum* as part of a "Halloweenize your avatar" thread (which is why its keyword is "halloween"). You may be the first person to actually think it was creepy though. ;)

*coincidentally, a forum I eventually drifted away from