#159: the great tumblr purge

[specter_rot]

What is your internet history? What websites were you a part of that might not be around anymore, and do you have any fond memories of them?

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<b><user name="questionoftheday"> asks:</b> What is your internet history? What websites were you a part of that might not be around anymore, and do you have any fond memories of them?<br><br><b>My answer:</b>

Comments

[lunairetic]

I've no idea what LJ was like after the Strikethrough because I honestly haven't logged into it in years. I stuck around here and there, but so many of my friends were gone, a lot of communities I cared about died out, and after a while I only used it for ONTD and that got old fast. I'm glad you were able to have a good time on LJ post-debacle, though! I'm honestly surprised it's still somewhat active, but it's good that people were able to enjoy it.

I dunno what Tumblr will be like either; I'm preparing for the worst, not in a panic paranoia kind of way, but in a sort of.... "I've seen this before and I don't want to be a part of it if it goes as poorly as it's likely to."

[lookashiny]

Part of what helped with me was that my most active fandom on LJ was Generation Kill, which came out in 2008. Other than that, I mostly used it to read crack_van recs and some Harry Potter comms that were still there.

[(Anonymous)]

LJ is very different. There's barely any fandom, and also less of a community. It's actually a little boring these days. DW was like that too but the tumblr people are making it feel like 2007 LJ again. It's been nice.