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yendiI made my Amazon Deals post over twenty minutes ago. And it's still the top post on my LJ friends page. In many ways, that speaks volumes about the way LJ usage has dropped; even last year, there's probably be at least one new LJ post every five minutes during the daytime.
A lot of folks have talked about moving to other services, but I haven't seen one that even comes close to offering what I need. For straight-up blogging, of course, there are plenty of great options, but even those that have communities developing are doing so in silos (note: Nothing wrong with that, just not what I want). Twitter is inherently ephemeral (and small, and with no degrees of locking/control over posts), and Facebook's timeline is so mangled that it's simply impossible to navigate. Plus just isn't ready for prime time, although it seems to at least get more right than Facebook outside of identity issues (then again, at this point Myspace has a better UI team than Facebook). Obviously, Dreamwidth is tempting, but seems to have some of the same critical mass issues LJ does (that said, once I get the time, I'll probably do the mirror thing just to make folks who prefer that service have that as an option), and also some of the same attrition issues
I'm on all of those services and more, and will probably do a big "where I am, digitally" post at some point, but this is still where I feel at home online. And even when I suck at commenting, I do love reading my friends' posts here. I'm still here, and this is where I'll be posting for the foreseeable future.
A lot of folks have talked about moving to other services, but I haven't seen one that even comes close to offering what I need. For straight-up blogging, of course, there are plenty of great options, but even those that have communities developing are doing so in silos (note: Nothing wrong with that, just not what I want). Twitter is inherently ephemeral (and small, and with no degrees of locking/control over posts), and Facebook's timeline is so mangled that it's simply impossible to navigate. Plus just isn't ready for prime time, although it seems to at least get more right than Facebook outside of identity issues (then again, at this point Myspace has a better UI team than Facebook). Obviously, Dreamwidth is tempting, but seems to have some of the same critical mass issues LJ does (that said, once I get the time, I'll probably do the mirror thing just to make folks who prefer that service have that as an option), and also some of the same attrition issues
I'm on all of those services and more, and will probably do a big "where I am, digitally" post at some point, but this is still where I feel at home online. And even when I suck at commenting, I do love reading my friends' posts here. I'm still here, and this is where I'll be posting for the foreseeable future.