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

[rm.livejournal.com]

I use tumblr to look at pretty pictures (and to be amused by the fuckyeahwhatever meme), but I still don't know what it is!

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that /Tumblr/ knows what Tumblr is.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I think as long as it keeps providing me with fuckyeahsodomites, I don't care what Tumblr is.

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love that one.

Seriously, I waste so much time (well, I enjoy it so maybe I shouldn't say waste) just looking at pretty pictures on Tumblr. (Sexisnottheenemy has a good mix of usually-queer-in-some-way content. ETA: Definitely NSFW, in case other people are reading.)

[rm.livejournal.com]

The first day I saw it, the first pic up was totally this dude that totally had this Ianto vibe going on, and my reaction was somewhere between: *hot*, *awesome*, and *I am full of shame*

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

Hee. I gave up the shame thing a while ago, and instead focus on the *hot* and *awesome* :D:D

[grr-rob.livejournal.com]

That hot-awesome-full of shame is kinda the core of erotic, isn't it? (I mean, that isn't just me, right?)

Unrelated-yet-related synchronicity

[p-m-cryan.livejournal.com]

A perfect case for a signal boost, whether it be here on LJ, over on Tumblr, or on LfT.

http://p-m-cryan.livejournal.com/49031.html