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

[rainkatt]

I did see the Slate article about Ravelry! There's so much going on over there; it seems to appeal to my ADD way of being online. I still try to keep up with FLists at DW and LJ, but don't always manage so much.

I've always been more of a lurker, anyway, so I'm happy enough with the way things are evolving.

My Flickr is mostly yarn and cats, so I've quit worrying about it. I did for a while, but I think I've succeeded in locking down the personal stuff.