Is this thing on??

[kitchen_kink]

Back in the day, I felt like everyone was on Livejournal, and I got a lot of comments going with some frequency.

These days, I get mostly crickets.

I accept that it may just be because what I'm writing these days isn't as provocative of discussion as in the past. I also get the sense that a lot of people have gone off to Dreamwidth and other blogging sites, and that many people are spending a bunch of their online-social time and energy on Facebook and Twitter. So maybe that's it.

Still. It'd just be nice to know whether folks are listening. Ping here if you're still reading?

Comments

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

I came searching after I saw your facebook comment (which was a fluke because I'm not on facebook that often). This post does not show up on my friends page. I didn't see it until I came to your page directly, otherwise I would've commented sooner.

We are listening.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

Same here (didn't see it on my friendspage, came here via FB) although I admit my LJ use has dropped a *lot*. I am on Dreamwidth but everything is crossposted and I have basically nobody to read on Dreamwidth who's not also on LJ, so that's not a factor. I just don't read or comment consistently on anyone's LJ any more -- zendzian always has to tell me to go look when he posts! But I still write sometimes, and I always hope people are still reading. I would hate to see the LJ community die off as I still prefer it over all other social media.

I do occasionally catch LJ posts I missed when people link to them on FB! (Though I am trying to cut back on FB too. All social media use cuts into my schoolwork.) Can't crosspost from LJ to FB myself, my whole journal is friendslocked.

[starphire.livejournal.com]

Same here.
I pretty much always read your posts - when they appear on my friends page, anyway.

[preraphaelite.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm yet another who couldn't see it until I typed dietrich's URL into search. I don't know why I couldn't see it on my f'list.

[minerva42]

Same issue here. Curious why that's happening.