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So I guess I'm here
Apr. 4th, 2026 09:07 pmI came to Dreamwidth right after LJ was sold, but the LJ community had scattered. Very few friends had moved to DW.
I hung around DW for a few weeks and hoped more people I knew would show up, but instead, people moved largely to Twitter or Facebook. I tried Twitter briefly and hated it, so I settled on Facebook to stay in touch with people who were there and not on any other platform (folks like my family members who live in other states). I encouraged people a few times to come to DW, hoping to make a second LJ of it, but after moving once, many were hesitant to move to another new platform. I never understood or liked the feel of Instagram, so I stayed on FB since I didn't know where else to go. When BlueSky came about, I made an account, but it felt like Twitter, and I didn't like the lack of privacy controls, so I've abandoned BlueSky at this point. Threads has a pretty great community and a lot of interesting content, but is owned by META, so I'm hesitant to invest myself there.
I miss the thoughtful, long-form writing like we had in LJ years ago. I miss the people and the caring comments instead of just a thumbs-up button. LJ was such a great community...until it suddenly wasn't. But I'm giving DW another chance. Who's here?
I hung around DW for a few weeks and hoped more people I knew would show up, but instead, people moved largely to Twitter or Facebook. I tried Twitter briefly and hated it, so I settled on Facebook to stay in touch with people who were there and not on any other platform (folks like my family members who live in other states). I encouraged people a few times to come to DW, hoping to make a second LJ of it, but after moving once, many were hesitant to move to another new platform. I never understood or liked the feel of Instagram, so I stayed on FB since I didn't know where else to go. When BlueSky came about, I made an account, but it felt like Twitter, and I didn't like the lack of privacy controls, so I've abandoned BlueSky at this point. Threads has a pretty great community and a lot of interesting content, but is owned by META, so I'm hesitant to invest myself there.
I miss the thoughtful, long-form writing like we had in LJ years ago. I miss the people and the caring comments instead of just a thumbs-up button. LJ was such a great community...until it suddenly wasn't. But I'm giving DW another chance. Who's here?
