Temporary post for confirmation purposes...

[forever_alone]

Posting this just to confirm that this account belongs to the same person that runs the Dreamwidth account of the same name. :) Will delete this after I get confirmation of membership in the community over there.

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[bishmanrock]

Strange seeing actual activity on my friends feed, I thought it was long abandoned!

[forever_alone]

Holy crap, a non-Russian post on LJ? Heh. I really miss this site and wish it hadn't died. :( I really only come here when I need to find something from an old post of mine or someone else's. I dunno why I made this post about Dreamwidth since I'll probably never actually use my journal there either. Anyway, how are you?

[bishmanrock]

Yeah, it's strange how much the userbase of the site changed so rapidly. I keep telling myself it'd be nice to write longer pieces rather than the shortform social media seems to preference, but I never get round to it. Funnily enough Dreamwidth sounded like something I'd be interested in so I signed up after you mentioned it - and then completely forgot about it until now. I'm alright though! Hope you're well?

[forever_alone]

I absolutely prefer long posts over the shortform blurbs favored on FB, Twitter, etc. I've always had a hard time cropping my thoughts down to the bite-sized chunks required by those platforms, it feels restrictive and even a bit shallow to me, so I hardly ever use those sites. Since LJ died I tried starting a Wordpress blog but couldn't keep up with it, it felt so impersonal compared to the huge interactive community that used to exist on this site. Nowadays I post on Reddit more than anywhere else since the community is large, diverse, and far more accepting of huge wall-o-text posts to the point where I almost always feel reasonably sure at least a few people will read and respond with their own thoughtful responses, and discussion can get very in-depth and personal. My life has not been going well in the last few years, mostly family issues and health concerns that are making things very difficult at times; I've found several really great support communities on Reddit that help me keep me sane though, it's nice having somewhere to