Ten years ago.
Jan. 14th, 2013 10:10 amIt's been ten years since I discovered LJ, and I have to say that it feels now we are together for good. No, my own lj will celebrate its ten's anniversary in November – you needed to ask for an invite then or to pay for a paid account and I was too shy and too moneyless to do either. Anyway, ten years ago I stumbled upon sockpuppett journals that filled in the blanks between the new BtVS episodes. Just imagine: there were fresh BtVS episodes! They were, at times, hilarious (the best of the best being ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thefirstevil), and there were some fun discussions in the comments, and from them I started to find various users to read, and eventually found people I admired to friend. The sockpuppet fun lasted, probably, through sweeps, then dissolved into crumbles and dust, but I was left with more than a handful of links to read, and my proper introduction to fandom. Most people from those days I stopped reading a long time ago, or forgotten, but through them I found others and more others.
When I look back at the whole LJ experience – it's a lot of ups and downs, anger annoyance at whoever was ruling the LJ, migrations here and there, and the great sense of community. Time passed, and even the most stubborn moved away from talking about Buffy, even if they didn't move on to new fandoms. Many people left lj whatsoever – and I hope they are okay, I have good memories about them and our fun together, and I miss them, but what I miss the most is a feeling of a busy community. I miss big holiday card exchanges, and Writercons, and huge arguments, and ridiculous fun and BNFs, and regular kerfuffles... Fandoms of these times seem so childish, you know ;)
Over the time there were so many good reasons to quit LJ, but I cannot do it, and I hope, my friends will still be here, too.
and yes, this post is cross-posted with DW. I have many places, but LJ always stays.
thefirstevil), and there were some fun discussions in the comments, and from them I started to find various users to read, and eventually found people I admired to friend. The sockpuppet fun lasted, probably, through sweeps, then dissolved into crumbles and dust, but I was left with more than a handful of links to read, and my proper introduction to fandom. Most people from those days I stopped reading a long time ago, or forgotten, but through them I found others and more others. When I look back at the whole LJ experience – it's a lot of ups and downs, anger annoyance at whoever was ruling the LJ, migrations here and there, and the great sense of community. Time passed, and even the most stubborn moved away from talking about Buffy, even if they didn't move on to new fandoms. Many people left lj whatsoever – and I hope they are okay, I have good memories about them and our fun together, and I miss them, but what I miss the most is a feeling of a busy community. I miss big holiday card exchanges, and Writercons, and huge arguments, and ridiculous fun and BNFs, and regular kerfuffles... Fandoms of these times seem so childish, you know ;)
Over the time there were so many good reasons to quit LJ, but I cannot do it, and I hope, my friends will still be here, too.
and yes, this post is cross-posted with DW. I have many places, but LJ always stays.
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