I've now officially had my LiveJournal for 10 years. It's gone through some name changes, friend changes, fandom changes and more - but it's never moved
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It's really awesome for someone to keep her journal of 10 years long, and still come back to it. Like you said/wrote, you've had experienced so much here. You followed someone, you unfollow someone. Friends come, they go. They dissapear, but hen few appear. You forgot them, but they remember you. One tiny comment in the post made the day better, especially when it's such a positive one
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I know exactly what you mean. When people just sort of stop updating and disappear, you wonder if they are doing okay. There are definitely some people I talk to mostly through LiveJournal, and if they leave - I have no way to contact them!
Source of energy - that's exactly it. I feel so refreshed with my weekly doses of Arashi time. And the Arashi community is such a fun place, isn't it? I haven't been doing as much as I used to, but I still follow along as well.
In May, I will have had my livejournal for 10 years, and it hurts me to realize how every effort I've made in the last few to come back here, to use it for what I used to...doesn't stick. But I grew up here too. I made friends here...hell, I've somehow come full circle and am now living with one of my first fandom friends and the one who gave me my LJ code (because back then you needed a code to join). Even now in the reality of it, that blows my mind, that my life would not be what it was without fandom, without so many of my various communities, and without my livejournal
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I feel like people are still here, and I still get responses - so I don't want to give up on it! But I'm also at a place in my life where I don't necessarily feel the need to pour myself into it the way I used to
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Forums can be outdated but places like LJ and Tumblr, they're social media but I'd also consider them a forum of sorts, even Twitter. It's not impossible to find a compromise of all the most useful features of each, with a way to lock down the community while still making it accessible to fans.
But yeah, I also would have absolutely no clue how to create or implement something like that. I can't help but feel there's a need for it though, fandom seems scattered and also kind of...restless, where ever they have settled. At least in my corner of it.
♥ That is one thing, I don't think I'll ever entirely give up LJ, as long as a few old friends remain, not to mention... the subbing community at large. I wouldn't know where else to go for that.
Yes! That's what I'm feeling. Not so much that these platforms aren't fun - because they can be insanely fun and I get SO MUCH from twitter and tumblr lately - but that it's so fragmented. I know where my friends from LJ are on them, but not how to make NEW friends or how to interact with a larger group.
One of the things that's so great about those platforms as well is that it's multi-fandom. You can indulge in many things at once. You just lose a sense of community that way, which is why it would be nice to have a place that isn't just "well, click the Arashi tag."
I haven't given up on LJ either. I'm so happy to even have people commenting to this post. I feel a lot better about it! ♥
Thanks so much for this comment! I think this is exactly what I needed to hear. Have fun. It might mean a little bit of wiggling and exploring -- do I expand, do I leave (not very likely lol), where do I post x as opposed to y? But just because I wonder what to do moving forward, it doesn't mean I'm upset. I'm just... in flux. LOL. :D
I totally understand what you mean. For the past few years, Livejournal was just my place to go. Especially after I got in JE and I discovered all these people that were near and far that were not only in love with the same boys I was, but listened to what I said and what I worried about and helped me when I was down. And I loved that community, still do because I am still friends with most of them even now
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Yeah, I think that's why some of this is so new to me. I don't really have much of a "Before LJ, I had a..." story. I have always had an LJ and it's always been the place for me to feel at home.
I'm not sure I'm ready to give it up, but maybe there's a good balance I could reach! I just started using Tumblr this year, so that's one step I've made. But I'm willing to try other things. I think I just don't want to lose what I have here and maybe that means joining another fandom or finding communities pertaining to hobbies or something, who knows!
So it's not necessarily that LJ isn't the right place anymore, but more I wonder what I want it to be for me. Where it fits in to the other things I do, how I can best make use of it moving forward, etc.
Hi, Erin! I have to say I'm in somewhat of a similar position, in terms of how long I've been on LJ (~9 years?). I doubt I'll ever really properly move to another platform like DW mostly because it's now this habitual thing, and also because I've still got a bunch of friends that I know from IRL who still LJ. So in the absence of fandom presence on LJ, the posting still continues... On the other hand I'm deffo feeling the dispersal of fannish activity with things like tumblr coming into play. It's not necessary a bad thing, I suppose; just different. :) I have nothing much to add, just stopping by to say hello!
Oh that's good! A lot of friends I had in RL that used it left like... 5 or 6 years ago, so I haven't had that as a reason to continue. But then I've had LJ friends who are as important if not moreso, and I would despair to lose them. If they still post, if they're still reaching out here, then I will be here too. :)
As far as fandom goes, I love that there are now easier ways for everyone to participate and enjoy, but I miss the personal touch. If I can figure out the best balance for me (rather than trying to force everyone to do it my way, lol, which I recognize is the wrong attitude), I will be very happy. Which is why I think 2013 is the year I will experiment a little. \o/
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Source of energy - that's exactly it. I feel so refreshed with my weekly doses of Arashi time. And the Arashi community is such a fun place, isn't it? I haven't been doing as much as I used to, but I still follow along as well.
Ahaha. That's okay! Maybe you'll remember~
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But yeah, I also would have absolutely no clue how to create or implement something like that. I can't help but feel there's a need for it though, fandom seems scattered and also kind of...restless, where ever they have settled. At least in my corner of it.
♥ That is one thing, I don't think I'll ever entirely give up LJ, as long as a few old friends remain, not to mention... the subbing community at large. I wouldn't know where else to go for that.
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One of the things that's so great about those platforms as well is that it's multi-fandom. You can indulge in many things at once. You just lose a sense of community that way, which is why it would be nice to have a place that isn't just "well, click the Arashi tag."
I haven't given up on LJ either. I'm so happy to even have people commenting to this post. I feel a lot better about it! ♥
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I'm not sure I'm ready to give it up, but maybe there's a good balance I could reach! I just started using Tumblr this year, so that's one step I've made. But I'm willing to try other things. I think I just don't want to lose what I have here and maybe that means joining another fandom or finding communities pertaining to hobbies or something, who knows!
So it's not necessarily that LJ isn't the right place anymore, but more I wonder what I want it to be for me. Where it fits in to the other things I do, how I can best make use of it moving forward, etc.
We shall see! :D :D
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As far as fandom goes, I love that there are now easier ways for everyone to participate and enjoy, but I miss the personal touch. If I can figure out the best balance for me (rather than trying to force everyone to do it my way, lol, which I recognize is the wrong attitude), I will be very happy. Which is why I think 2013 is the year I will experiment a little. \o/
HELLOOOOO. :D
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