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[Jul. 6th, 2006|10:07 am] |
This is an excellent piece of writing about writing online. If you're reading this, you probably write online, probably on LJ. Take a second to read it.
I'm in the same boat as what Anil is writing about. I've been writing online for a while, and it's become hard to share personal things as my readership grows, because those people don't know me IRL. But on LJ, where we have a community built, it's much easier to write and share. I haven't seen ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sportyanne in person in a few months, but I know what's going on her with her life. Ditto for ediblemouse, sandswept, and even people who I see more frequently and only live a few miles from.
But looking back over my LJ friends page, where most people DO know me, post frequency has decreased dramatically since 2004 or '05. Clearly LJ isn't dying out, and indeed I think there's been in increase lately of posting activity, but still, I think there are needs that it's not serving.
This is why I've been digging Vox. It makes it more fun to write. When it's more fun to write, more people write. When more people write, more ideas get shared, and the community is better for it. |
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