Date: 2011-07-28 06:40 am (UTC)
lilfluff: On of my RP characters, a mouse who happens to be a student librarian. (Librarian Pithani)
From: [personal profile] lilfluff
Thank goodness for friends in the box, because I rarely end up seeing anyone but coworkers 'IRL'.

I wouldn't say I hate LJ, but the shine has come off the chrome and I largely still use it due to inertia and that there are quite a few still there who haven't moved over to DW. But I am finding myself preferring things here. It may not be perfect, but at least the owners polish the chrome to keep the shine on the shiny.

That said I'm holding out hope that something like Diaspora will succeed in building up a decentralized social media platform. As I put it (in fewer words) on twitter a while back, my dream online world would be one in which I cared as much whether someone uses LJ, DW, Facebook, or G+ about as much as I care who handles their email. For some years now even if I have never had an AOL account I can still email someone who gets their email through them. Likewise someone with a FillInTheBlank.com email address. I don't have to have an account there but the email still goes through fine. It would be nice if social media operated the same. Make an account wherever (even self hosted if you want) and connect to wherever.

But back more on topic, heck yeah people in the box are real. And if they aren't then I'll take the fake. Among other things it's people here that have brought out again the desire to write and got me off my butt and writing (well, one of these days I'll have room to try and set up a walking-desk :)).
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