Old-school noob?

[blackstone_hermitage]

Glad to see things are picking up on Dreamwidth due to the exodus from social media platforms like Facebook and Tumblr. Enough of my friends are here that I finally joined.

I'm an old-school LJ user, so I'll get back up to speed with the habits I need for DW eventually. Maybe I'll even get around to importing my 300+ old entries from LJ one day. I had a paid permanent account on LJ, so I was bummed when the critical mass moved to Facebook and LJ became mostly a ghost town.

I look forward to getting back into the slower, more thoughtful pacing of journal writings focused on text, and away from the distracting, algorithm-driven, frustrating "busy town square" environment of Facebook and Twitter. Can't wait until I'm in a position to leave FB for good!

It'll be awhile before I write here even semi-regularly, I'm sure. But I'm happy to read my friends' journals in the meantime.

Comments

[finch]

Good to see you here, even if you're just checking in for now!

[blackstone_hermitage]

Glad you're here too! It'll be nice to actually read things my friends post whenever I have time to get around to it, instead of having FB filter them out because I didn't respond quickly enough, their posts didn't get enough likes/comments to make it into my feed, or whatever.

[solstice_lilac]

Hello!

I saw your post on FB today that you were here so I thought I'd connect. I hate Facebook and never really stopped journaling from the days of LJ. Writing here is one of the things that kept me alive this year.

Fair warning--I want to share access, but my journal here is very personal and I write in it often, at least twice a week. So if it's kinda more than you feel like getting dumped on your page I'll understand! No one else who reads me here is a local Portlander, so I'm trusting that what you read from me here will stay here. I'm confident I can put my trust in you.

Happy to see you here and I am looking forward to reading your posts!

[blackstone_hermitage]

Glad you saw that post, as I rarely post there anymore! I can't get into IG either. I tried, but it's just not my thing.

I'm happy to learn that you're on DW. Thanks for the warning and for trusting me with access to your personal writings. I'm granting you access to mine as well. It'll be nice to have a chance to get to know one another this way!