LJ lives

[susandennis]

In the early 2000's when LJ was hot, my friends list was a healthy read.  And then came Facebook.  Many left. I stayed. But reading my friends list of entries was not as much fun.

I tried participating in friend frenzies or friend finder memes but since they tend to attract people who mainly post privately and gear their journals to people who know them well, I was often lost and confused.

A while back (short while actually), one of the people on my friends list was complaining about the lack of quality entries in a friends of friends list because of all the silly communities and RSS feeds.  I had suffered the same problem myself.  So I wrote to LJ Help and got a fast answer and a cool filter.  So I started, routinely, reading my filtered friends of friends list (http://susandennis.livejournal.com/friendsfriends?show=P) and found lots of fun, interesting new journals to read.  As I find them, I move them to my own friends list.

And now my friends list is health again.  I love reading the journals of people who are just reporting on their lives and their thoughts about them.

Live Journal has, for more than a decade, given me a wonderful place to express myself, record myself, think out loud, save stuff, and share stuff.  But, also, learn from, be amused by, meet and enjoy a wide range of people from all over the world.

I'm very grateful.  Thanks to new friends and old.

Comments

[shutterbug.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love that you write everyday. It's what makes LJ so great. I need used to write all the time. I want to get back to that...

[susandennis]

Thank you! Of course, I think everyone should write at least one entry a day :)

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I enjoy your daily updates!

[susandennis]

Thanks, dude! You and AJ keep me quite twitter-tained, as well!

[pink-halen.livejournal.com]

Amen from the Pink Corner

[susandennis]

Thank you... happy sailing!!

[ticklethepear.livejournal.com]

:)

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I need to work on pumping up my F list again too, too many of the people I've friended over the years have either dropped their journals by deleting them (or have gotten deleted if they'd not updated in a few years), or simply stopped updating, even though they have never done anything to delete their journals.

I should check out the friends of friends and see whom else interesting to read, but keep meaning to, but haven't done so as yet.

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

I found a new LJ friend by using your trick!

[susandennis]

Nice!