Well, all this with LJ has got me thinking.

[conuly]

1. I really ought to update my interests.

2. I hope nobody minds that I randomly subscribed to them. If they do mind, I'm sure they'll tell me, at least.

3. I miss my formative internet homes. Not just LJ, but also Neopets in the good ol' days. *sniff* I hope the nieces have something as good, but somehow, I don't think the current big options are the same at all. (Then again, that's probably the nostalgia talking.)

3a. Specifically from LJ, I miss the communities, and not just fannish ones, thanks, but... mainstream ones? Or ones that had to do with fandom and not a specific media? But even if we could bring them back, it was the commenters that made those places, and we've all grown up and changed a lot. It wouldn't be the same. It's true, you can't ever go back to a time when you were happy.

3b. (Not that we particularly were happy, or are unhappy now, but again, that's the nostalgia talking.)

Comments

[rivendellrose]

Same. I was talking with someone yesterday about some exciting health stuff, and she suggested that she could get me into a private Facebook group that deals with the issue. And honestly, my first reaction was "But I hate Facebook," followed by a deep longing for the days when there were LJ communities for everything instead. LJ communities were just so much more... interesting and literate than Facebook communities seem to be.

[kyrielle]

In general that is true, but I have seen a few FB communities that buck the trend.

And a distressing number that do not.

[rivendellrose]

It's nice to know there are good ones out there. I probably ought to take some chances on the ones my friends recommend.

[conuly]

Worse comes to worst, it turns out your friend made an error and they're awful.