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.

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[asqmh.livejournal.com]

(No, seriously, it was a blow when Ursula Vernon started her own blog, even if every post does get mirrored here.

Man was it ever.

I'm cross-posting a lot from DW, but I've noticed that for anything that means something personally, its home is on LJ. I just don't "reach for DW first," you know? This is where my home base is, because those relationships don't just disappear.

I found myself trying to explain this (on Twitter, no less. To Posterous.) today. I have 8 years of life here. I was just a kid in college when I started this blog. Now I'm 30 and that's a lot of change to deal with -- and I've dealt with it all here. Cancer, my dad's death, the birth of my nephew (and later, my niece), my brother getting married -- all kinds of great and horrible things, all here. All part of me. And my flist has been there (growing and waning in turn, but always there and always with constants) through it all.

I had everything unlocked when I first began. Then came the time of filtering. The the friends only years with heavy filtering.... and now back to a time of openness with rare filtering. It's like the changes of a society -- I'm my own microcosm!

Or something.

Anyway, no matter how much I enjoy DW and how useful I find Posterous and how much fun I think Twitter can be for 2 second tweets from work, LJ is home. It's where I live. It's how my best friend and I kept in touch while she lived in Dallas and I lived in Memphis or how we met some of our now good friends. It cultivates friendships and helps us stay connected. Whatever corporate is doing, that's kind of worth more.

Sorry to totally threadjack, but it just makes me think.

[asqmh.livejournal.com]

Also, I realize I don't comment on your posts very much lately. But I always read them. I don't know you particularly well, and not at all outside of LJ, but I always enjoy seeing your posts. You're funny, articulate, creative and intelligent (and the Oxford comma can SUCK IT) and I enjoy your posts. I like seeing you around and I'd be sad if you left.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

LJ is a surprising investment for me--I didn't realize when I was starting just how useful I'd find it. It has supplanted paper journals for me, and given me a lot of friends and insights I probably wouldn't have had otherwise.

It does make you think, doesn't it? You're fine with threadjacking; it's been interesting to see how everyone responds to yuki_onna's post.

I'm the same way--may not comment, but always read, because I like to see your daily insights. And thanks for the compliment!