I completely skipped the Livejournal phase back in the day, so I'm still a little starry eyed about it having come from social media platforms like Tumblr and Twitter lol. I only ever lurked on LJ (well, I was a kiddo, too, but I was a fandom kiddo) so actually using DW was pretty new to me as well. I was on Tumblr every single day for years, though, well after the death of LJ. I met some great people on there and had a lot of positive interactions, but it really got compulsive in a way that was not good for me, so I love DW for not doing that to me.
This is something I haven't had in years, so it's a bit of a culture shock and I'm still acclimating. I love it too, though! We can really dig in on here and on AO3. I'm just super happy that people are willing to have these nerdy conversations with me, lol. I think part of it is the culture of Guardian fandom, too? Like, we're an older and somewhat more navel-gazey population already, and then the platforms encourage that, maybe.
Oh look I replied late! One point in the chillout column for Ratty :P
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Date: 2020-04-03 02:36 am (UTC)I only ever lurked on LJ (well, I was a kiddo, too, but I was a fandom kiddo) so actually using DW was pretty new to me as well. I was on Tumblr every single day for years, though, well after the death of LJ. I met some great people on there and had a lot of positive interactions, but it really got compulsive in a way that was not good for me, so I love DW for not doing that to me.
I'm just super happy that people are willing to have these nerdy conversations with me, lol. I think part of it is the culture of Guardian fandom, too? Like, we're an older and somewhat more navel-gazey population already, and then the platforms encourage that, maybe.
Oh look I replied late! One point in the chillout column for Ratty :P