I'm actually impressed that LJ is still going (strong?). I wouldn't mind if it stuck around ;) My reason for joining was also fandom related. Someone reported the majority of my wallpapers/graphics on deviantart, so I decided to find another place for sharing these kinds of fanworks and found LJ (through deviantart I think). That's how I got into making icons and it's still the reason why I won't leave, even though DW has icon communities now.
I know it’s died down a LOT compared to what it once was, but yeah I think it’s impressive how many users are still active. Some people on other sites acts like it’s a dying wasteland over here, but it’s never been abandoned to the extent that say MySpace was, it’s just no longer ~the~ place to be online in the way that it once was
I joined September 2003 - and you still needed an invitation code back then which I remember had been incredibly difficult to get. LOL Hard to believe I am been on here for this long ... basically my entire adult life is chronicled in my journal.
Anyway, here’s to those of us who are still around! 🥂
I definitely remember that you either had to pay to join, or get an invite code, and I didn’t really know anyone who could give me one of those, so I was so excited when they finally made it open to everyone
It is hard to believe sometimes that I’m still here, but with how fast social media goes these days and how in-personal everything is, it’s kind of nice to have a slower and comfy place like LJ. With online forums, tumblr, and reddit, it feel like my comments are getting lost in the void, whereas this really feels like an online home where people actually recognise my name and know me as a person to talk too
I joined in 2011 to participate in a fandom fest. I had DW from 2009 and posted mainly there. Around 2015 I started crossposting and got LJ friends and it is a great place to go to now for me. I feel I met really great people here.
Yep, I know that a lot of people left for Facebook, but it’s absolutely not the same to me. I like that we can write lengthy entries on LJ, as well as take more time reading others LJ’s, as opposed to how fast your feed flies by on other social media sites with no one taking any of it in
Whoa, those are some seriously impressive numbers in your graphic!
I hope LJ can keep going. I've tried other social media sites and could never connect with them the way I do to LJ. Or maybe I'm just getting old and stubborn. Heh.
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My reason for joining was also fandom related. Someone reported the majority of my wallpapers/graphics on deviantart, so I decided to find another place for sharing these kinds of fanworks and found LJ (through deviantart I think). That's how I got into making icons and it's still the reason why I won't leave, even though DW has icon communities now.
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I joined September 2003 - and you still needed an invitation code back then which I remember had been incredibly difficult to get. LOL Hard to believe I am been on here for this long ... basically my entire adult life is chronicled in my journal.
Anyway, here’s to those of us who are still around! 🥂
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It is hard to believe sometimes that I’m still here, but with how fast social media goes these days and how in-personal everything is, it’s kind of nice to have a slower and comfy place like LJ. With online forums, tumblr, and reddit, it feel like my comments are getting lost in the void, whereas this really feels like an online home where people actually recognise my name and know me as a person to talk too
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I hope LJ can keep going. I've tried other social media sites and could never connect with them the way I do to LJ. Or maybe I'm just getting old and stubborn. Heh.
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