Livejournal Flashbacks

[verydoubtfulguest]

Not to belabor the obvious, but the Tumblr interface and the Dreamwidth interface are entirely different creatures. Naturally, Dreamwidth functionality is reminding me of LiveJournal.

I haven't given it much thought in years, but for a time it was a very important part of my online experience, and I did meet some people there who were important to me, both in terms of my writing and my personal life.

"We had a falling out, like lovers often will," to quote Bob Dylan, and I lost touch with a lot of them. But hope most of them are well.

(Caveats are inevitable, right?)

Comments

[tiggymalvern]

There are so many things that are great about this format that I missed on tumblr. Like icons! Different ones! And they're almost big enough to see, unlike on tumblr LOL.

But mostly on tumblr I missed the conversations, the back and forth chats you could have with people on their blogs and in communities without feeling like you were spamming everyone with your constant reblogs to add one more comment. I'm loving meeting more people here and on pillowfort where you feel like you can actually meet them.

[verydoubtfulguest]

Agreed. The logic of threaded conversations here is infinitely better. And doesn't, y'know, break at random. For me thus far, the only downsides are the lack of easy image uploading/sharing, and the difficulty in finding communities. Tags were very easy for that on Tumblr.

But you know what softens that sting? The lack of actual fucking Nazis. I am all-in for a Nazi-free experience!

[tiggymalvern]

Yep, I don't think the Nazis ever subverted this little corner of the net! :-)))))

It can be hard to find communities, but the thing is, once you've found them, everything's so beautifully centralised. On tumblr I'd see some posts 50 times on my dash and others not at all, it was VERY irritating.

[verydoubtfulguest]

You know, that's an excellent point. And so often, they were endlessly long posts.

I have discovered that, under certain circumstances, I am not only utterly indifferent to the color of the sky, am actively annoyed by its existence.

I am really looking forward to seeing a Hannibal community flourish here. It won't be the same -- we have so many, many gifted artists -- but hopefully there will be a writing refuge here.

[saxonvoter]

Subscribing back for Hannibal, because there aren't enough of us here!

[verydoubtfulguest]

We’ll bring the cannibal gospel to the masses. 🍽🍷