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.

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STOP THE QUIZZES!!

[javamental.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean with those damned quizzes. AAAARGH!
I use LJ to test-run my stories, but I don't get a lot of responses. Apparently a lot on list read them, they just don't comment.

[ex-ladyvox549.livejournal.com]

LOL je bent de tweede vandaag tot nu toe die klaagt over die klote-quizes die je overal lijkt tegen te komen hier op LJ. Ik moet zeggen dat ik me er heel af en toe aan schuldig heb gemaakt, maar eigenlijk vind ik ze vreselijk. Je zou een filter moeten kunnen toepassen over je LJ :)

Jammer dat je het even gehad hebt met LJ. Ik ken het gevoel, maar inderdaad, hoewel LJ niet meer so pakkend is als het was, zomaar weggaan doe ik toch ook niet. Maar ik merk wel dat ik anders mijn journal ben gaan schrijven sinds ik LJ bijhoudt.. en dat vind ik wel eens jammer. Sommige dingen schreef ik wel en nu niet meer, en andersom. Nog even op zoek naar die gulden middenweg.

[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.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Dat filter bestaat al: Je friends list is met een paar muisklikken aangepast...

Re: STOP THE QUIZZES!!

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if LJ is the best place to get responses on stories. Make a funny remark, say something extremely controversial, talk politics, responses will flow. Do something beyond two paragraphs, only a few will get there. The span of attention in this world has gone down drastically.

Re: STOP THE QUIZZES!!

[javamental.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've noticed the attention span problem myself, and I agree, it does get irritating -- what? Were we talking about something?



*laughs* ;-)

Re: STOP THE QUIZZES!!

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Can't even remember how this discussion sta

I know what you mean

[(Anonymous)]

I am thinking of starting a new journal because I feel like I can't be real in the one I have now. I started LJ to keep up with friends that I never get to see, but I found that I am afraid to be too real in it because I don't want people (there are friends AND family reading my journal) from my REAL life to know that I am talking about some things on LJ. Afraid to be too private with people I really know, but have no problem sharing my deepest thoughts with complete strangers. What does that say about me?

Re: I know what you mean

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

That is not weird. It is so much easier to share things with complete strangers. Because you know you'll never get to meet them. You might bump into an LJ-friend in the street, but not knowing them. It's part of the charm. And one can always keep several journals at the same time, for different purposes. I have done so...

Curiously you prefer to post even this anonymous. Then again, it might be logical as well.