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almostwitty ([personal profile] almostwitty) wrote2010-10-01 10:29 am
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LJ vs Facebook etc.

Given that I spend most of my life internally analysing websites, I really should have worked up a fantabulously interesting post on what the current LJ vs Facebook controversy means for users, and what it says about LiveJournal and other fading website systems in particular.

But charmian on Dreamwidth seems to have done all the analysis for me, so go look at him/her and follow the links provided. It's fascinating stuff - to me, at least.
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[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Considering the "charmian" doesn't know how to spell chairman or chairmen of the board.....

Sorry, can't be bothered. I'm NOT paying for dreamwidth, I really don't care how wonderful its being pimped out to be.

Jesus, it's like when I first got online in 1981. The only thing out there was AOL. Why is Dreamwidth the new AOL?

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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Unless, of course charmian might mean something else ;)

As for Dreamwidth, it does seem slightly slicker and technically better than LJ - and you don't have to pay for it. But it doesn't have the userbase that LJ has.

Then again, LJ doesn't have the userbase Facebook has - but there's a reason why my recent posts haven't made it elsewhere. Some things you want to keep public-private as opposed to public or private!

[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
I have a facebook page....I've ditched about 10 months ago. And it had everything on me, personal and professional.

That's exactly why I ditched FB for real life, went to LinkIn for professional life; and kept LJ for my online/RL friends.

::shrug:::

I really loathe FB.

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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Drat - I want to see it now :)
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[personal profile] trialia 2010-10-01 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"slightly slicker and technically better"... heh. It is both, but it's also a good deal more welcoming of diversity, and doesn't get in bed with offensive political and religious advertising as LJ has done in the past.

Also, Denise of DW's staff is being incredibly helpful to me with the payment problems I am having - she's extended my account time by two weeks, for free, to give me time to deal with my bank.

I feel far more wanted by the system at DW than I ever have at LJ, and they pay attention to all their customers, not just the American or Russian ones.
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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
To be fair, I very much doubt Dreamwidth has *any* Russian customers.

And personally, I don't want to be a valued customer by any website - because that would imply there are unvalued ones. I'd rather be one of the crowd, otherwise I'd be waving "Don't you know who I am ?!" to everyone...
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[personal profile] trialia 2010-10-01 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
There are some. Not many yet, but then DW is still comparatively small.

I think every customer ought to be a valued customer - and that is how DW treat theirs. With LJ, nobody in the UK has been unable to make a voice post beyond 60 seconds in length for more than three years, and they can't be bothered to fix that. I am not getting any comment notifications from comment replies outside of my own journal, and haven't been for months, and LJ don't give a damn.
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[personal profile] trialia 2010-10-01 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
FYI, Charmian is an old English girl's name!

ETA: Sorry, the etymology of it is Greek, but it was more common in England in the later half of the 19th and early half of the 20th centuries. It's still fairly uncommon, but it is a perfectly valid, if old-fashioned, female name. It means "delight" or "joy". The actress who played the eldest von Trapp daughter in the film of The Sound of Music was named Charmian - is, in fact - she was born in the 1940s.

You'd probably come across Charmaine more often, that was popular more recently, the names are very similar, but I've always preferred Charmian.
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[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well...really? No you don't. It was a travelogue of my husband Todd passing, my boss & I having an affair, my boyfriend getting pissed, me almost dying from a rare heart issue...

No. You really don't.
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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I do, but then I find your life mysterious and fascinating...

[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously? You are full of bean's. It's just 'cause I've lived a poly lifestyle for the last 15 years. And lost a kid when I was 36.

And now that I'm freaking 40 I'm so jealous of you and your new wife for having a baby!!!! ;) :DDD

WhyyYY do I keep talking to you and telling you my real life?

Thank you anyway.


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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about the loss of your kid :(

but then I had no idea you were 40!

And hey, you should be telling everyone about your real life - that's what journals are for. I don't even know if you're employed, unemployed, dating, joining a nunnery, stalking Doctor Who writers and opera singers via Twitter...

[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
40 is bad then, eh? ;)! (hits you on the shoulder)

And yes, you do know EXACTLY to whom you are speaking. Don't be cheeky. I've NEVER stalked DrWho writers (moran)....may have spoken to them, and conversed with opera singers that I would LOVE to have perform here in SanFran (SRSLY we be a major Opera Stage) and would love to get back to it. I LOVE opera.

Kristinainsf is totally different from Talulahk. well, kinda.


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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
It's not when you do it but what you do! I'd take being 40 in San Francisco reasonably well :)

It took me a while to twig that kristinainsf was the same as talulahk. But then you don't give us that much to go on!

[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Talulahk & Kristinainsf are different people. Kinda. AURG, and sorry for being 40... sheesh...... :( way to make me feel bad.

Did you know I used to model? yeppers! and

I don't want my fannish life to intersect with my real life. Does that make ANY sense? I know that you are all up front with your life on LJ & Twitter, I just have had too much of me out there (face, body, etc) and just don't want to do that again.

So I compartmentalize. Life too.

Just blathering on...sorry
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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No need to apologise for being 40, 30, or 60! You are who you are. Cool is cool, regardless of age!

It wouldn't surprise me that you used to model - mind you, not knowing what you look like, it wouldn't surprise me if you model now!

Believe it or not, I tend to compartmentalize too. Not everything makes it onto Facebook/Twitter/my main blog. LJ's where you get the raw stuff. Like the union thing occupying my mind now.

So blog away, I say!

[identity profile] talulahk.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Please stop being so cool I might actually want to talk to you live and in person.

Just know Talulahk gets more of the real me, and Kristinainsf gets more of life as it happens?

What's up with the union thing? You should see our California governors race...OMG.
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[personal profile] almostwitty 2010-10-01 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You're the one living in SF. You're the cool one :)

As for the union thing, I've made plenty of posts on it. Now I want your feedback. :)
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