Conversation, Community, and Facebook

[Kevy Baby]

Funny you bring this up Chris as I have been thinking the same thing. I recently posted a topic on FB that I actually was hoping more would chime in on but didn't (I brought up how the Red Cross doesn't want any male who has had sex with another male since something like 1977).

I'm not sure an in-person salon would be the answer as 1) not everyone would be able to make it, and B) it would logically preclude anyone not in the area. The advantage of an environment like LoT is that people can respond when they can, anyone in our global micro-community can contribute, and one can actually have time to think about what they want to say.

I know LoT is not what it used to be, but I hope it is not going away soon.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I know LoT is not what it used to be, but I hope it is not going away soon.

Hear hear!!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Funny you bring this up Chris as I have been thinking the same thing. I recently posted a topic on FB that I actually was hoping more would chime in on but didn't (I brought up how the Red Cross doesn't want any male who has had sex with another male since something like 1977).

Things get missed, a lot, whether it's because you posted it at some certain time of day where it got buried in a pile of other posts, or because not enough people saw it at the right moment to click like and get it seen by others who have said "only show me Kevy's important posts", or whatever. I recently realized I've been missing posts to certain fb groups and now had to set them to give me notifications because I have no idea why they're not showing up in my feed. And on, and on, and on.

I agree with Chris that conversations seem impossible to dig up sometimes. I found a really useful tool for that. If you go to your wall you can click Activity Log to see absolutely everything you've been up to in a dealable format. You can narrow down what you're seeing using filters on the left side.

In any case, nope, it's not the LoT. But the problem is that along with long form conversation and debate, the LoT was also about stupid memes, and the news, and funny images. With all that stuff moved on over to fb, it's hard to maintain just the long form over here. I miss it here, and I'm sad it's not what it was.

I'd love in-person salons. If I was childless. Or if every salon were at my house after said child goes to bed. Where the fvck is the Commune already?? You all want to live with a 3 year old, right?