La Mort de Livejournal

[author_by_night]

So I had a conversation the other day about what's really changing (possibly killing, depending on your viewpoint) LJ, and honestly, I feel like everyone has different opinions. (Including me, hence the conversation I had.)

So I decided to create a poll on what's really going on, if anything. You don't have to still really be into LJ to participate - I'd like everyone's opinion.


[Poll #1971640][Poll #1971640]



I have made the results viewable only to me, so dish away. I'm also allowing anonymous comments as  you can't participate in polls if you don't have an account, and even if you do I realize you may not want to share your thoughts with everyone, especially if it does relate to drama.  I probably will make a follow-up post, but I won't name names, unless you want me to.

Comments

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I've been using LJ for over ten years omg. I went through lots of period of inactivity in the last few years, mostly because many of my friends who used it in college a lot have moved on. I guess I didn't? I dunno. I've always used it to connect with other fans, though I never really got too into communities outside of icon making groups. Mostly I would find new friends with similar interests and we would do things like this, discuss amongst ourselves.

You can't really have these kinds of discussions on any other social media platform. Even most blogging sites, like Wordpress or Blogger, the comments are designed to be left, but you don't really see a lot of interaction between the blogger and commenter. And, of course, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr seem to promote a post it and move on sort of lifestyle.

I feel like this past year a lot of people have been coming back to LJ, those that know of it's power, and I'm happy to have an active flist again!