blast from the past

[sethnakht]

whether this account will see use depends on where the migration directs itself ... but it's fascinating nonetheless to see what a difference it makes on mindset to be back to a text-based platform, I almost feel an essay coming on

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[glompcat]

Right? It's actually really disorienting, since these sort of sites were such a huge part of my internet life during undergrad, yet I haven't used a site formatted this way since I left LJ in 2010.

[sethnakht]

Disorienting and yet ... strangely freeing. tumblr holds one captive to images, to the dash of scrolling down the dash, and coming here has made me realize how stressful that all can be. There's something remarkably nice about just being able to talk to one another like this without having to think of reblogs on the horizon, to be able to read without a press of movement and flutter and color on the edge of awareness. But the old-fashioned feel of the UI will certainly take some getting used to again, that's for sure.

<3

[doorsclosingslowly]

Hi sethnakht! I've really enjoyed your commentary and I would hate to lose touch with you. (I haven't used LJ or a LJ clone in ages but I'm curious whether I'll get used to it again)

[gffa]

Even if it's just for a week, I'm going to enjoy the return to text-based blogging (not that it'll be hard to embed images into posts, which I'm sure I'll do), but even more I'm enjoying being able to have a back-and-forth conversation where I don't have to worry about taking up space on other people's dashes. It's all in the comments! I can write however much or as little as I feel! FREEING.

[acequeenking]

Hi sethnakht! Glad to see you here. :) Looking forward to the commentary, and to be honest I hope it lasts.

LETS HOLLER ABOUT DARTH VADER FOREVER. Then people have to get into this platform, right?!

[thewillowbends]

I was just thinking about this yesterday, honestly. I post more regularly on Tumblr because it lends itself to quick updates easily. Livejournal always required me to think about what I put to text, so I at least see more writing coming out of this format for me.