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Dreamwidth or LJ?
Mar. 5th, 2010 10:00 amThing is: Nothing LJ has done thus far has affected me in any particular way. Having high-speed (finally) makes the ads they inflict on me negligible, in terms of being able to access my diary. I enjoy my friendslist. I don't expect to make money off those ads, wouldn't know how to do it anyhow, don't care if they do so long as my service remains free. I can get along with only six icons. I don't care if they ask me to specify my sex. Etc.
The fact, for me, remains this: On a very large level, Dreamwidth was created--metaphorically, if not directly--by the people who called me something I'm not. I do not feel comfortable there, and probably never will. I feel like I have to hide my identity; if I could work out how to remove all the content I initially doubled there, so as to make it even harder for people to work out who I am, I would (and indeed, I've been thinking very seriously of just setting up a new DW account and deleting that first one entirely, for that very reason). I'm therefore not likely to ever interact with people there, beyond people I specifically know, which effectively destroys any community feeling I might have for the place. If all my friends transferred, then...maybe. But probably not. I'd probably just switch over to Music at Midnight forever, and take my chances.
Youse guys?
In other news, I got my prescription updated--man, THAT was fun, since I had to take Cal with me--and yes, I need bifocals. Today I'm going to try and work out whether I can pay for new glasses with a Bay gift certificate, and check out pricing for a replacement iPod cable, since I only recently realized Cal has been surreptitiously unplugging and chewing the fuck out of my old one, and it now doesn't work anymore (which means I can't transfer files, or even charge it, at home).
Still no real writing. Funny how the 'Net being down seemed to affect that...
The fact, for me, remains this: On a very large level, Dreamwidth was created--metaphorically, if not directly--by the people who called me something I'm not. I do not feel comfortable there, and probably never will. I feel like I have to hide my identity; if I could work out how to remove all the content I initially doubled there, so as to make it even harder for people to work out who I am, I would (and indeed, I've been thinking very seriously of just setting up a new DW account and deleting that first one entirely, for that very reason). I'm therefore not likely to ever interact with people there, beyond people I specifically know, which effectively destroys any community feeling I might have for the place. If all my friends transferred, then...maybe. But probably not. I'd probably just switch over to Music at Midnight forever, and take my chances.
Youse guys?
In other news, I got my prescription updated--man, THAT was fun, since I had to take Cal with me--and yes, I need bifocals. Today I'm going to try and work out whether I can pay for new glasses with a Bay gift certificate, and check out pricing for a replacement iPod cable, since I only recently realized Cal has been surreptitiously unplugging and chewing the fuck out of my old one, and it now doesn't work anymore (which means I can't transfer files, or even charge it, at home).
Still no real writing. Funny how the 'Net being down seemed to affect that...
