Wednesday, 26 February 2014 02:34 pm
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deckardcanineI thought today was my 10th LJ anniversary, but LJ tells me it was yesterday. I started at age 21, in my last college semester. LJ hasn't saved my entries and replies from that long ago, but I recall some that wouldn't look out of place today and some a tad unbecoming of my present maturity.
It feels kind of sad, if only because LJ is well past its heyday. I have about as many active friends and readers now as I had in the first month. What keeps me here? A combination of (1) easy access to a few good journals/communities, (2) the occasional desire to post more at one time than is common for Facebook, (3) not wanting the hassle of moving to something like WordPress, (4) habit, and (5) principle. You can interpret the last one pretty broadly; the most important aspect of it is my empathy for underdogs.
It feels kind of sad, if only because LJ is well past its heyday. I have about as many active friends and readers now as I had in the first month. What keeps me here? A combination of (1) easy access to a few good journals/communities, (2) the occasional desire to post more at one time than is common for Facebook, (3) not wanting the hassle of moving to something like WordPress, (4) habit, and (5) principle. You can interpret the last one pretty broadly; the most important aspect of it is my empathy for underdogs.