I still say that part of the element of Dreamwidth that is making it into something different from/not as good as LJ is the twofold issue of how people perceive it and the fact that LiveJournal is still sitting here.
Anyone with an El Jay is going to want to use that as their first choice. Especially if they've been around since before the SixApart era - because that is your base, your home. DW is kind of the stepchild, the seat cushion that functions as your flotation device instead of the jet you've been flying on this whole trip. You wouldn't "use" that, except in case of a dire emergency.
That's why I stated the community has to go to make it a community, there. Right now, the people who went to DW are the promoters - the opportunists. The LJ community all stayed hereas loyalists. That's what you're noticing when you look at DW.
But that's also why I said we need to collectively leave LJ and go to DW because then we really could revive the old LJ atmosphere. I know it isn't a perfect solution. I know that it feels awkward and probably like a monumental effort. I know that there are still other social media sites that let people interact with celebrities (my number one reason why LiveJournal has fallen so far - and why the Russian side was so popular - at least until the government there started cracking down). And with only so many hours in a week, with a drain from work, from other responsiblities, from other social media and from time to just do nothing, sometimes known as sleep, this isn't easy.
But it's the last, best hope I see for any of these blogging platforms to have any hope of reviving... Maybe there's another way, but nobody is suggesting anything. And I've been listening!
I am taking all comments I get here under advisement, so the final die has not yet been cast.
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Date: 2017-07-27 06:07 pm (UTC)I still say that part of the element of Dreamwidth that is making it into something different from/not as good as LJ is the twofold issue of how people perceive it and the fact that LiveJournal is still sitting here.
Anyone with an El Jay is going to want to use that as their first choice. Especially if they've been around since before the SixApart era - because that is your base, your home. DW is kind of the stepchild, the seat cushion that functions as your flotation device instead of the jet you've been flying on this whole trip. You wouldn't "use" that, except in case of a dire emergency.
That's why I stated the community has to go to make it a community, there. Right now, the people who went to DW are the promoters - the opportunists. The LJ community all stayed hereas loyalists. That's what you're noticing when you look at DW.
But that's also why I said we need to collectively leave LJ and go to DW because then we really could revive the old LJ atmosphere. I know it isn't a perfect solution. I know that it feels awkward and probably like a monumental effort. I know that there are still other social media sites that let people interact with celebrities (my number one reason why LiveJournal has fallen so far - and why the Russian side was so popular - at least until the government there started cracking down). And with only so many hours in a week, with a drain from work, from other responsiblities, from other social media and from time to just do nothing, sometimes known as sleep, this isn't easy.
But it's the last, best hope I see for any of these blogging platforms to have any hope of reviving... Maybe there's another way, but nobody is suggesting anything. And I've been listening!
I am taking all comments I get here under advisement, so the final die has not yet been cast.