preserving the LJ emergency network

[rm]

Can we talk about something?

I don't want to be all, "LJ is dying" but it's certainly slowing down/transmuting/something.

There's the splintering/relocating/mirroring to Dreamwidth and other services; the increased popularity of Twitter and FB amongst LJ people who used to say they didn't care for such; the fandom focus on Tumblr and A03; and people like me fleeing for their own domains.

Yet, one thing LJ has been remarkable for is the people helping people thing, because it engenders (and has engendered over time) relationships that make need and veracity somewhat easier to verify.

So how and how much we use LJ is changing. In the face of that, how do we preserve the "help solve a scary problem" factor in a way that's meaningful, decentralized, participatory, and based on networks of trust and expertise?

Comments

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Yep...although I admit to using Facebook and LiveJournal hand in hand...not connected, I don't want my real name to show up here but I give the bare facts on Facebook and allow the longer stuff on LiveJournal but at the same time, I can boost the signal by rebroadcasting pleas for help on lj AND Facebook.

I hate how DW ruined a lot of friendships though because I never went over so a lot of people don't read me anymore and if they don't crosspost, I don't read them.

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

*nods* I use Facebook occasionally, just because people my age use it more than email or anything else (seriously, people will post to Facebook instead of like, walking across the hall).

I definitely lost a few friends by staying here instead of moving/crossposting to DW, which is sad.