Back home at the old front porch

[vulgarweed]

So there's a little bit of a movement afoot to get folks back on LJ for some old-fashioned posting at length and the kind of posting and discussion that just doesn't work very well on Tumblr and I'm all for it. Though I've certainly been part of the problem. Tumblr is just so easy - push the reblog button again and again and my blog is covered in smutty fanart and funny cat gifs. (No one's disputing that Tumblr excels at those forms). And there's always so much new to look at. Participating on LJ takes more work, because you actually have to have something to say. Which I often do not.

The worst things about Tumblr is that long conversations are impossible to read and follow for very long, especially because of the way they branch out. Ugh. And the lack of privacy settings irks me too. We're raising a whole internet generation who think "friendslock" is a Sherlock AU where all the characters are witty, quippy 20somethings living in improbably spacious Manhattan apartments. I love Tumblr. But there are still alternatives.

So Happy Solstice everyone! Writing recap next post.

Comments

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling! You and I are of an age, I think - I started this LJ in 2002, and I was in my early 30s then. We've adapted to Tumblr fairly well for old farts. :) But I'm kind of a luddite too in that I really don't use my phone for all that much online fandom stuff but reading fic and leaving kudos: I really need that two-handed QWERTY keyboard to get my thoughts down as quickly as I think them, and if I can't do that I get too frustrated to bother. So I do the same thing you do - bookmark the interesting stuff that merits more in-depth comments and come back later. (Of course, all too often, you know, the best-laid plans . . . )

God, the friendslock function - how much Tumblr drama could that one little thing have prevented, or at least mitigated? For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost!

[jaradel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one of my in-the-future tech purchases is a tablet with a keyboard built into the cover (I'm thinking the Surface 2 Pro, because I'm an IT geek and I think the iPad is little more than a toy), so that it's easier to be social on the go ;)

My God, FRIENDS LOCK - and it's cousin, the tiny filter - SO much drama could be prevented with that. I think that we have adapted well to Tumblr, and one of the reasons we do well there is precisely BECAUSE we're older, and know how to pick our battles. I give a lot of the drama a wide berth because it's just not worth my time, whereas I think the younger generation - particularly the high schoolers and some college kids - haven't learned that skill yet. And that's not a dig on them; I remember being that age and having no filter and thinking that the world was black-and-white and WHY DON'T YOU SEE THINGS MY WAY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. Thank god I've mellowed ;)