LiveJournal update:

[gerbie]

I am not sure about the status of LJ in my life at the moment. With no more travel reports to file, less time for reading books, my entries have become a bit scarcer. It is a matter of interest as well. What do I want the world to know, what is my own. Should I use LJ as a test for my stories, before trying to get them published? Do I want everybody to know what is happening in my life? My entries about Gerda have, up until now, been friends-only. One of my friends wrote an interesting post about how people get to know each other through LJ, but do they really know each other. I still read my friends' page every day, I do not miss many posts. But I get annoyed with the 735 posts about what creature from which TV series they are, about which animal they claim to be, which member of their favourite band. I did one myself if I remember well and found myself an anthem, but it just takes up space. Plenty of long entries do not keep my attention beyond the first paragraph. In the past I have scratched people from my list from over posting, I read 50-70 posts every day at the moment. It is too much. People do not use communities for the right purpose. Write about yourself in your own LJ, in a community the subject is defined, write about it then. I'm afraid I have found myself in an LJ-vacuum. I know I won't leave here, not just like that, but I'm not nearly as addicted as I was a couple of months ago.

Comments

[blurp.livejournal.com]

Ach, wij mensen zijn toch zo gauw verveeld en ik denk dat iedereen zich momenteel zit af te vragen wat ze met LJ dit jaar zullen aanvangen.:o)

Het belangrijkste is dat je blijft schrijven, de vorm maakt eigenlijk niet uit.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

maar ik weet niet meer waarvoor ik schrijf. Dus zo belangrijk is het niet voor me op het moment. Ik heb natuurlijk mijn schrijf-verplichtingen, zoals de brief-columns voor de voetbal, het clubblad, de maandelijkse wielerverhalen voor een nieuwsbrief van een vriend, maar dat zijn deadlines, daar werk je naar toe. Dit is allemaal zo vrijblijvend, zo zonder direct resultaat.