Conversation, Community, and Facebook

innerSpaceman · 04-24-2013, 01:23 PM

I think the time I liked best was when the LoT was in its heyday, lots of people interacted in person, lots of people used Live Journal, and Facebook was used by some college kids on the east coast.

Nothing can replace real life interaction, though Facebook has sadly done that for so many. But that being said and observed, real life interaction would rarely produce the kind of "conversation" typical of the LoT. Too much fun was going on. And even the level of thoughtful conversation on the LoT would not impart the depth of personal sharing found on El Jay. So the three in combination had a very powerful effect, for me, in grokking my friends to a wonderful degree.

It's a pale, pale shadow world now. Even though my facebook feed is very active - I can't say I've gotten to know anyone better through the years there like I was able to say of years here. If someone tweets a lot, I daresay I could get to know them better through their tweets than through Facebook. But I grew weary of Twitter and have not been to my Twitter feed in weeks. I'm pretty sure I've quit.

Barely anyone el jays anymore. Even if people continue to blog, doing it at separate sites defeats the point of mutual sharing, imo.

And whether true for anyone else here or not, I myself barely see anyone from the LoT days in the real world anymore.

I would not describe my life as bored or unhappy at all, and it's hardly less busy socially than it's always been. Yet, I confess I miss the plethora of different fun and friend stuff that used to fill my calendar. I miss the days when the LoT was more robust. But change is change. What can ya do?

Monthly salon is a neet idea. I liked when we tried it a few years back. But we managed, what? three of them?

04-24-2013, 01:23 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I think the time I liked best was when the LoT was in its heyday, lots of people interacted in person, lots of people used Live Journal, and Facebook was used by some college kids on the east coast. Nothing can replace real life interaction, though Facebook has sadly done that for so many. But that being said and observed, real life interaction would rarely produce the kind of "conversation" typical of the LoT. Too much fun was going on. And even the level of thoughtful conversation on the LoT would not impart the depth of personal sharing found on El Jay. So the three in combination had a very powerful effect, for me, in grokking my friends to a wonderful degree. It's a pale, pale shadow world now. Even though my facebook feed is very active - I can't say I've gotten to know anyone better through the years there like I was able to say of years here. If someone tweets a lot, I daresay I could get to know them better through their tweets than through Facebook. But I grew weary of Twitter and have not been to my Twitter feed in weeks. I'm pretty sure I've quit. Barely anyone el jays anymore. Even if people continue to blog, doing it at separate sites defeats the point of mutual sharing, imo. And whether true for anyone else here or not, I myself barely see anyone from the LoT days in the real world anymore. I would not describe my life as bored or unhappy at all, and it's hardly less busy socially than it's always been. Yet, I confess I miss the plethora of different fun and friend stuff that used to fill my calendar. I miss the days when the LoT was more robust. But change is change. What can ya do? Monthly salon is a neet idea. I liked when we tried it a few years back. But we managed, what? three of them?
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