Dissolution

[darkemeralds]

Is anyone else trying to re-figure out how to have an online life? Is anyone else feeling that Google+ is cool but how many more social networks do I need? Does anyone else wonder if there's still a place for a journaling site like Dreamwidth and LiveJournal in their life?

I'm finding G+ very homey--more succinct than here, not quite as flighty as Twitter. Less conversational than here, but more interactive than Tumblr. It feels like a comfortable stream of connection.

Of course, it's new. Not many people are on it yet. Everyone's behaving like early guests at a nice party, so it's also much less contentious than here tends to be sometimes. (I have invites, by the way, if anyone wants one.)

Journaling/blogging has been a mostly wonderful experience for me for the past six years or so, but I feel it slipping away as a concept. I hate to let it go, but fighting the flow seems futile. Does anyone else feel that way?

Comments

[runningwater]

I believe I'm going to streamline and drop/consolidate
one FB acct & 1 Twitter acct. I'll keep both the DW & LJ blogs (I'll just keep crossposting), and maybe keep the business blog. I prefer blogs; one friend said she views FB as a vehicle for people to talk AT each other, and Twitter WITH each other. I find it to be the other way around, actually.

And please, don't stop blogging. I love reading your entries.

[darkemeralds]

I feel a bit overwhelmed reading your list! I think decluttering is as a valid concept in the online realm as in one's house and one's finances. Google+ is forcing the issue a bit, isn't it?

[runningwater]

I think it's the straw that broke this hobbit's back. *L*

[darkemeralds]

Hah! I made my decluttering comment before setting this followup. It sounds like we're thinking along the same lines.