I was, as usual, a late adapter, so didn't start using LJ until 12/2004. It really helped me get to know a new-ish to me group of folks in SoCal, then in the PacNW. To start with, it was a way to chat and connect with friends of friends and acquaintances. It served as a peek into the windows of lives of folks I sorta-kinda knew. Over time, I became friends IRL with many of these people, oft-times helped by LJ, which people tended to use for more in-depth and fewer commercial posts than FB. Heck, I had two major rships spark then deepen b'c of LJ.
I still use it (DW/cross-posted to LJ) to follow along with a few local friends who use it rather than FB. I see them IRL now and again (every month or two), but it helps to have some sense of what's up in their lives in between.
And quite frankly, it gives me a bit more of an insight into whoever does still post. I feel a bit closer to you, f'rinstance, because of your posts, supplemented by dancing and hanging out some at the BPO show last weekend.
To my mind, LJ/DW is supplemental to IRL, and often good for introductory matters. FB pretty much only works for minor-keeping-in-touch-with if I already know somebody IRL, at least a bit.
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Date: 2019-01-23 09:33 pm (UTC)I still use it (DW/cross-posted to LJ) to follow along with a few local friends who use it rather than FB. I see them IRL now and again (every month or two), but it helps to have some sense of what's up in their lives in between.
And quite frankly, it gives me a bit more of an insight into whoever does still post. I feel a bit closer to you, f'rinstance, because of your posts, supplemented by dancing and hanging out some at the BPO show last weekend.
To my mind, LJ/DW is supplemental to IRL, and often good for introductory matters. FB pretty much only works for minor-keeping-in-touch-with if I already know somebody IRL, at least a bit.