There's a system here? I fight it will all my might every post I write. (And I rhyme doing so...) Angel ended up true CEO of W&H, but turned the place upside down nonetheless (in a rather eventful way, okay, but yeah, he succeeded in making things different).
I've read through the comments and they're all very to-the-point. First and foremost: this is your LJ and that's how people will percieve it. But remember Lj isn't the only way to make a website or talk about personal stuff. It's one of so many ways, and maybe you need something different.
The "salon" isn't inherent in blogging. Of all the blogs I frequently read (and they aremany) only a couple of them generate the amount of discussion you'd like to have, and those blogs have immense heaps of traffic. I notice discussion is possible in communities. I've been following some lately and it's nice to read what people bring up there, but again, only so little of the discussions spark my enthusiasm to actually take part and give my ideas. I need feedback when I think I've written something interesting, and if those comments are ignored I might stop commenting.
But where was I anyway? Well, you can say you generate lots of comments when you talk about something people are familiar with and that's why these meta-posts get so much out of people: we all met this problem before, we all wondered why we keep it up, although people comment on strange posts. And about the screens: I gave up on television. Ain't watching Lost, not Veronica Mars. When I'm through with AtS5, I'm gonna watch Firefly, though!
*bisous*
P.S.: I read you couldn't be bothered writing up reviews. Am having the same thing. Sometimes I write about books, or theatre, or film, but lately I can't be bothered to actually typ the damned words...
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I've read through the comments and they're all very to-the-point. First and foremost: this is your LJ and that's how people will percieve it. But remember Lj isn't the only way to make a website or talk about personal stuff. It's one of so many ways, and maybe you need something different.
The "salon" isn't inherent in blogging. Of all the blogs I frequently read (and they aremany) only a couple of them generate the amount of discussion you'd like to have, and those blogs have immense heaps of traffic. I notice discussion is possible in communities. I've been following some lately and it's nice to read what people bring up there, but again, only so little of the discussions spark my enthusiasm to actually take part and give my ideas. I need feedback when I think I've written something interesting, and if those comments are ignored I might stop commenting.
But where was I anyway? Well, you can say you generate lots of comments when you talk about something people are familiar with and that's why these meta-posts get so much out of people: we all met this problem before, we all wondered why we keep it up, although people comment on strange posts.
And about the screens: I gave up on television. Ain't watching Lost, not Veronica Mars. When I'm through with AtS5, I'm gonna watch Firefly, though!
*bisous*
P.S.: I read you couldn't be bothered writing up reviews. Am having the same thing. Sometimes I write about books, or theatre, or film, but lately I can't be bothered to actually typ the damned words...