I joined LJ mainly for fandom - especially the discussions. It used to be possible to have long and stimulating conversations about canon, fanon, fic recs, the challenges of writing. There no longer seems to be much appetite for it. I tend to accuse Tumblr of destroying our collective fannish attention span, but who knows really - perhaps it's bigger than that.

Whatever the cause, LJ fandom activity has shrunk in every way possible. It's not just there are fewer participants, but the posts and fics are markedly shorter, there are fewer (and shorter) comments to them, and far fewer comment sub-threads. I used to love the rambly chats (remember when commenting would take place over several days?), so for me it's dispiriting.

Anyway, I still socialize on LJ to some degree, but even that has died down a lot. I've gotta admit I'm side-eyeing my paid account.