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elrhiarhodanSo, I've finally purged my LiveJournal f-list. If you know me from there and got the disconnect email from LJ, don't worry, I haven't made any changes to my circle here.
Okay, not 100% accurate. I also cleaned out all of the useless OpenID memberships here on DW (all of the LJ flisters who got OpenID'd when I imported my LJ), and if your journal hasn't been updated in a number of weeks that is now in the three digit range (i.e., more than two full years), I've dropped your access here, too. And in that case, you're certainly not seeing this post.
To all of my lovely new friends, welcome and a hearty handshake (is the Blazing Saddles reference too obscure?)
To all of my lovely old friends, it's seriously good to be back amongst the adults.
Okay, not 100% accurate. I also cleaned out all of the useless OpenID memberships here on DW (all of the LJ flisters who got OpenID'd when I imported my LJ), and if your journal hasn't been updated in a number of weeks that is now in the three digit range (i.e., more than two full years), I've dropped your access here, too. And in that case, you're certainly not seeing this post.
To all of my lovely new friends, welcome and a hearty handshake (is the Blazing Saddles reference too obscure?)
To all of my lovely old friends, it's seriously good to be back amongst the adults.
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Date: 2019-01-16 10:27 pm (UTC)amen
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Date: 2019-01-17 12:31 am (UTC)Yes, ADULTS.
It was really eye-opening when I came back here to DW after spending so long exclusively on Tumblr (about a year and change). How easy it is to have real discourse. To meet people. To spend time with an entry rather than feverishly scrolling through ever-repetitive blocks of "pretty".
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Date: 2019-01-17 12:55 am (UTC)It really, truly is!
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Date: 2019-01-17 01:31 pm (UTC)After wandering in the Tumblr darkness for about a year or so (probably more, tbh), coming back here feels like a real relief. That there are people who are interested and interesting and they read and comprehend and don't jump all over you for the least misstep.
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Date: 2019-01-17 04:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 01:33 pm (UTC)I think it's because the platform makes direct communication and engagement nearly impossible. It's all about the pretty and the shouting, and I've seen people who I know are adults by virtue of their accumulated years behave like spoiled children who only see the world in black and white, refusing to believe that there are a million shades of gray.
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Date: 2019-01-17 06:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 01:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 07:57 pm (UTC)♥ ♥ ::waves back:: ♥ ♥
I know you have quite the following on that hellsite otherwise known as Tumblr, but I'd love to see you here, too. This is a much better place for meaningful dialogue.
::hugs you::
::tightly::