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Back in the 2000s I was probably the only one in my friend group who had any sort of presence on the internet. There was no way I could convince any of my frie
by thought_alarm 8y ago
Back in the 2000s I was probably the only one in my friend group who had any sort of presence on the internet. There was no way I could convince any of my friends to start a blog or join LiveJournal. Even sites like Flickr was a stretch.
Instead there were some old ICQ accounts that no one used anymore, and occasionally someone would send out a group email with some photos attached.
And then it's 2007, Facebook appears out of nowhere, and suddenly all of my friends are sharing like mad on the internet, as is everyone else.
My first impression was that this is great. Finally my friends are on the internet. Facebook is like Internet for Dummies. Six months later I would deactivate my Facebook account.
I do miss LiveJournal though, or at least the idea of it.
- agumonkey 8y agoI miss nascent movements like pre facebook era. Maybe it's a psychological profile. I'm a contrarian and/or an early adopter. When things become too massive and somehow impersonal (even though it's a social network) the magic vanishes to my eyes.
- oldcynic 8y agoSo do I. Made a few very close friends via LJ. All non technical oddly enough. Up til that point, people would type. If they were having a bad time they'd type A LOT. You couldn't help getting to know them better than you did. Then Facebook etc arrived, and now it's "Life's shit. Inbox me", if that, or a photo of lunch/cat/coffee. I think we took a wrong turn somewhere along the way.
- bovermyer 8y agoIf you have a WordPress.com account, you can start a private blog and invite friends to it. It's very similar to how LJ used to work.