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.

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[justgotone.livejournal.com]

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

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

That's an AU I'd love to read! It's feeling really nice and homey to be back here, I have to say. :-)

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Nod nods.

I can't get my head round tumblr but I am going to try harder there whilst staying here as well

[mildred-bobbin.livejournal.com]

'"friendslock" is a Sherlock AU where all the characters are witty, quippy 20somethings living in improbably spacious Manhattan apartments' *snerk*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_silverfox/]

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

That's got to be the best news of the day!

I've tried, but I just can't get into Tumblr. Sure, there's some nice stuff to look at when I bother to run a search, but it lacks about everything I was looking for in an LJ-replacement.

[jaradel.livejournal.com]

Coming back to LJ is like visiting my university at homecoming - it's all very familiar but at the same time, it's changed or I've changed or both, and I have to re-acclimate to it all over again. (Which is funny considering I was over 30 when I started my LJ in the first place). Also, LJ for me is much easier to navigate on my laptop vs my phone; at least with the Tumblr mobile app I can save posts to my drafts on my phone, and edit/schedule them later. It's hard to get verbose (at least for me) on a phone keyboard. Case in point: I saw this post of yours last night on my phone, but it's only now that I'm at my laptop that I'm responding. That being said, LJ lends itself well to conversations, and I like the fact that I can restrict my posts to certain audiences. So yeah, I'll be popping up over here now and again, particularly since more of my Sherlock friends are drifting back to this platform.

[winter-hermit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we'll see how this all works out.... part of me just fears it means being permanently behind on multiple social media platforms all at once, and LJ makes me feel guilty about that fact in a way that tumblr doesn't. Because you will NEVER catch up on Tumblr.

come-at-once signups open through the 22nd

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

The frustrating thing at least for me is while it's easy to find people's accounts on Tumblr, it's easy to network fans, on LJ if you don't know people it's hard to find them. So if you or anyone else knows of good, thought-provoking or fun-to-hang-around Sherlockians here on LJ, please do feel free to name drop so I can make sure I'm following it.

And now you've got me casting Sherlock-as-Friends. This is not going to end well.

Seriously, I think both platforms have their advantages and disadvantages; what I'd like to see is a bit of balance. The great thing about LJ is it feels like people know me as a person around here and so I can express opinions or even ask questions that I couldn't do on Tumblr because they wouldn't necessarily have that context. Tumblr has its virtues as well, as you point out, but so does LJ, and I'm kind of glad to see people coming back.

[anna-wing.livejournal.com]

I gave the Corsair one Kudos on AO3 and then remembered that I wasn't signed in. It's lovely and the way you worked in so many different universes is rather brilliant. Especially using Adam as the diabolus ex machina to save reality (and having him be Mazikeen's son!).

[alassenya]

I'm really pleased about this. Like many others, I just can't get the hang of tumblr. It's OK for downloading images and reblogging, but there's no dialogue -- to me it's just input and regurgitation (which, when you think about it, is pretty much high school in a nutshell). At least LJ gives you the opportunity for feedback and concrit.

[quantum-witch.livejournal.com]

Absolutely agreed on the Tumblr issues. It's caused me to develop a shorter attention span, and that bugs me.

All right, I'm moving back home. I guess I'm too old to fit in well with the young whippersnappers on Tumblr anymore.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Glad to have you back! Yuo've been missed!

I've been slowly drifing more and more offline, and I hate it - but laziness all to often wins out. And like you, I often feel as though I have nothing to say. But not posting doesn't help, it only lets friends drift away, and I don't want that!

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

Oooh, intrigued by a possible Friendslock Sherlock AU. :D

I love Tumblr for how you can find so much shiny stuff - gifs, amazing hi res photos, humour, fannish info - and it's so fast, but on the flip side it is oh so impersonal, unless you spend insane amounts of time trying to be seen and heard. Let's see how this Back to LJ movement goes. :)