Mod Note: New Beginning

[ahavah]

Hello, old friends! Once again, I apologize. Like so many, I jumped the LJ-ship. I've realized my mistake and have come crawling back. The f-list is still pretty slow, and most of my favorite communities seem to have died. I'm sorry that I allowed this one, my very favorite, to do the same

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[gonzo21]

Always nice to see some Rumi appear.

Incidentally, one of the things I've noticed about people who return to LJ after an absence. They tend to come back, make one or two posts in their journals, then realise that most of the people they knew, communities they used, have drifted away too.

The way I've kept my LJ experience interesting and worthy is by maintaining a fairly constant stream of adding new people. Most of the people I speak to on LJ today are not the same people I spoke to two years ago. (They're mostly all on facebook now, being deathly-dull.)

[ahavah]

Yeah, I tried a 'return' early last year and gave up when it just seemed like I was screaming into the void. But I've rallied several friends to join me back over here, and I've broken up with FB almost entirely, which should help. I've tried posting in several of my old communities, hoping to rally up new, active friends without resorting to 'add me' communities, but we'll see how that goes. Seems most of my old haunts are dead too. :/

[gonzo21]

The communities never really recovered from the Great LJ Fiasco of STrike-thru, which drove most of the fandom communities onto Tumblr. Where they remain to this day.

And without fandoms driving the whole community scene, they just struggled to keep going I think.

But the problem with Tumblr is it is even harder to have any sort of meaningful conversation there than FB.

I mean okay, LJ is narcissistic. But FB and Tumblr are ~relentlessly~ narcissistic. :)

[ahavah]

What was the Strike-thru fiasco? I thought everyone jumped ship when the Russians took over. That seems to be the prevailing attitude with my friends.

I hate Tumblr with passion. Nothing will ever drag me there. I'll just cling to LJ all alone, I guess. lol