https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/ blackstone_hermitage - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:04:28 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios blackstone_hermitage personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12803474/3471254 https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/ 90 100 https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/899.html Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:04:28 GMT https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/899.html <i>[I'm reposting this here because I want it preserved in a place that's organized enough for me to actually locate it later on whenever I want to by searching tags, dates, memories, etc. Thank you, Dreamwidth.]</i><br /><br />My Facebook page for <i>The Anticareerist</i> has just been deleted, despite having 1700 followers. I started it in 2010, so it lasted eight years. It served its purpose and it's time to let it go. <br /><br />I will soon delete my Facebook page for <i>Endarkenment: The Esoteric in Dark Ambient Music and Culture</i> too. All future communications about the book will happen through the <a href="https://endarkenment.substack.com/welcome">email newsletter on Substack</a>.<br /><br />Facebook is in decline. Pages haven't been worth the effort for me for quite some time. It's a relief to let them go. I'm making space in my life for great new things.<br /><br />When I hit "unpublish my page," Facebook asked me why, and gave me a list of options. I checked the option that reads: "I didn't get enough value from the page." This was followed by a question asking me how the page could have given me more value. I wrote:<br /><br />"I'm a professional writer. You could pay me for my work and take an appropriate percentage of my revenues, like Substack does, instead of asking me to pay you to reach my readers."<br /><br />I doubt they'll pay any attention to it, but nonetheless, it sure was satisfying to write that.<br /><br />I mean, they DID ask, so...<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=blackstone_hermitage&ditemid=899" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/899.html substack goodbye and good riddance satisfied public 3 https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/326.html Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:33:12 GMT https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/326.html 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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=blackstone_hermitage&ditemid=326" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://blackstone-hermitage.dreamwidth.org/326.html online housekeeping public 4