hi

[thewalkingman]

I've been struggling with social media lately. I don't really know where to do it anymore. Facebook is the most obvious option, because it's what everyone else is using, but I find it almost unusable. It's just a mess. There's no sense to order in which things are displayed. Some things end up buried. The ads are out of control. I also really hate

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[6dark6lotus6]

I can appreciate what you're going through as far as social media goes. A few weeks back, I spent quite a few hours reading back my horribly scatterbrained, teenage rantings and couldn't believe how tight-knit the community felt when I reached my comment sections. I could write an entry about nothing in particular and still have everyone drop in for the sake of conversation. With Facebook, Twitter and all of the rest, I don't really think its possible to form that sort of bond with folks the way we used to on LiveJournal. For example, I have Facebook friends that I couldn't even begin to tell you where or why they were added. You? I was one of the lucky folks to receive a hilarious response from the legendary Billiam in one of the communities I followed at the time. After you retired the character, I followed you here

[thewalkingman]

I feel like everything is just people reacting to advertisements now. I know that sounds like a pissy, pretentious thing to say, but I think it's true. Facebook and Twitter are almost entirely people either approving of or being outraged by advertisement packaged as news, or packaged as entertainment, or celebrity gossip. It's like all of the internet is Oh No They Didn't or Perez Hilton or something now

[ehowton]

I miss the community of blogging. Facebook doesn't even come close. I don't know what the answer is. Nice to hear from you.

[thewalkingman]

I know that people still blog, but I don't know where or how really. It seems like youtube is where the real community is happening.

[thewalkingman]

I can't really compartmentalize myself like that, which has been a problem for me my entire life. I just am who I am and it gets me in trouble.

Twitter is great for activism and social justice and such, but it's hard to find a functional balance without burning myself out. When Ferguson was happening I was glued to Twitter for three days, but ever since then I've had trouble finding the right level of detachment and engagement.

It's hard to get motivated to write on LJ when there's like, five people here. I might give it a try just because it's comfortable though. We'll see.