I use my LJ as just that... a journal. An on-line diary of sorts. My life is not very interesting, but by committing my thoughts to a place, I feel as if I have a sense of existence. An impersonal ether, as safe as a locked diary but, open to the eye of any stranger who might come across it. It's safe, and a fine confidant.
I'm delighted that I've found a small group of people who like me enough, despite learning possibly far more than they'd really like about me, to interact with me... empathise, criticise, argue and counter argue. Most of my stuff is family tosh, but I do occasionally ramble on about the lack of any real debates like we used to get on the BC&S Board.
I think the reason is because LJ is NOT a discussion forum. It's really a collection of individual journals, isn't it? And any entries posted to an LJ are dependent upon the FList, and any passing lurkers, finding the author's comments stimulating enough to enter into a discussion.
When you review films, I'm at a loss. I can't comment on films because I rarely go to the cinema. I occasionally comment on meta, especially when the post stimulates me. I think what you would like to get from LJ just isn't there consistently enough. LJ is too personal and individual a tool for that.
We need to go back to the Boards for intellectual stimulus, I fear. I do miss the 'healthy' debates and discussions we used to have and I'm surprised that more of the Jossverse writers themselves don't miss the intellectual stimulus - although I note more and more are new since I left BC&S and there a fewer and fewer of the Old School writers left.. could that be a contributory factor, too? Maybe the fanfiction writers frequent places we don't know about to get the intellectual stimulation?
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I'm delighted that I've found a small group of people who like me enough, despite learning possibly far more than they'd really like about me, to interact with me... empathise, criticise, argue and counter argue. Most of my stuff is family tosh, but I do occasionally ramble on about the lack of any real debates like we used to get on the BC&S Board.
I think the reason is because LJ is NOT a discussion forum. It's really a collection of individual journals, isn't it? And any entries posted to an LJ are dependent upon the FList, and any passing lurkers, finding the author's comments stimulating enough to enter into a discussion.
When you review films, I'm at a loss. I can't comment on films because I rarely go to the cinema. I occasionally comment on meta, especially when the post stimulates me. I think what you would like to get from LJ just isn't there consistently enough. LJ is too personal and individual a tool for that.
We need to go back to the Boards for intellectual stimulus, I fear. I do miss the 'healthy' debates and discussions we used to have and I'm surprised that more of the Jossverse writers themselves don't miss the intellectual stimulus - although I note more and more are new since I left BC&S and there a fewer and fewer of the Old School writers left.. could that be a contributory factor, too? Maybe the fanfiction writers frequent places we don't know about to get the intellectual stimulation?
How's BC&S doing lately?