*taps LJ* - is this thing on?

[kat_lair]

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It’s been very quiet around LJ for a while (at least on my flist, where are all you people?) but, for me, the other social networking platforms just don’t fill the hole of blogging and interacting and talking with people and writing about things at length, like LJ does. So, in a concentrated effort to be a part of the solution, not the problem, I’m doing something inspired by the 100 Things Challenge (sadly, it doesn’t seem to be updating any more so I haven’t officially signed up).

*pause for collective snort of disbelief.

Yes, it’s true. No, I don’t know if I’ll ever finish it but that’s not really the point for me. The point is to have a reason for creating LJ content and to do the things that I have signed up to do. I’ve divided the 100 things into two groups, so I’m doing 50 books I've read with short reviews (including work-related academic books) and 50 recipes I’ve tried/created with comments. Doing both with only a few months' 'backlog' so everything is recent stuff, not something I read/cooked years ago.

I’ll be posting both in the groups of 5 as I finish the books/recipes so watch out for those under the relevant tags.


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Speaking of quiet LJ and creating content, I have two other ideas but I would like to know if anyone (read: YOU) would be interested in joining in and pimping them. Because otherwise I’ll be all sad and pathetic :(

Idea 1. Fandom-friendly friending meme, tentatively titled ‘Still LJ’ing!’ – I’ve seen a couple single-fandom ones going on and then I’ve seen some general ones, but a) I’m chronically multifandom and b) the latter sometimes appears to attract people who are vehemently anti-fandom, which makes me sad.

Idea 2. Anonymous porn meme – For people to talk about porn/erotica (fanfic, commercial fic, pics, art, clips, films etc.), e.g. likes, dislikes, turn-ons, turn-offs, recs, opinions, dirty jokes, serious commentary, requests, fills, random porny ficlets…

So… thoughts, comments, suggestions?

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Comments

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

See I kept meaning to do that 100 Things Challenge and then couldn't decide what the hell to do it on :) And we know that although I try regularly to post poems, and also graphics that's about it.

I like idea 2 - anonymous porn meme. I'm wary of idea 1, because as I've mentioned above I don't post much other than poems/graphics. I tend not to talk about my life as you know on LJ, unless it's something that really is bothering me. I'm not a chatter :D But then I was complaining that LJ was too quiet, and there are maybe only a handful of people on my flist posting so maybe it is worth doing. Is indecisive :)

[darkangel-0410.livejournal.com]

I would definitely help pimp out both your ideas -I would also do the friending meme and possibly the anon. porn meme, too; although, I can't promise that I would actually be able to write anything for it.

Also, your 100 things ideas sound cool, too; I love reading people's opinions on books and I'm always looking for new recipes to try out.

[beedekka]

Ideas 1 and 2 sound great, and definitely the kind of thing I'd be up for actually :o)

LJ is sorrowfully quiet, and I'm not being much help because all I post these days is fanfic for stuff where I'm a fandom-of-one! I love drabbling - perhaps we could get some kind of f'list drabble challenge going, or something? IDK...

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

porn meme! with pictures ;)

[megyal]

I like the second idea better than the first, although they both seem really good to me. I'm also multifandom, though.

I'd love to try the 100 things as well, but maybe I'll tone it down to 20!

[dreamersdare.livejournal.com]

LJ is quiet - even on my dinky flist, although there are still some folks around who are faithfully regular. I will admit to being more part of the problem than part of the solution though. I blame life - I can barely keep up with comment notifications/responses, let alone actualfax posting at the moment.

I'd be interested in your academic books though, even if no-one else would :)

On your ideas:

Fandom friending meme sounds good to me. I am larely allergic to most anonymous memes though - they seem to attract wank like moths to flames and I tend to just avoid them wholescale as a result.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

LJ is quiet and Dreamwidth is quieter - though there are corners of both with manic activity. I would read the porn thingy but might not actually join in - I seem to be drowning in AO3 stuff when I'm not doing RL things or writing. I hate Blogger, I don't really get the point of Tumblr, I don't have a Facebook page and I don't Tweet. So LJ and Dreamwidth are my spiritual home. I have my Wordpress blog, but whilst you can have a good 'chat' with one 'follower' it's harder to set up any kind of communal feeling. Looking forward to your posts!

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

I'm not good with doing meme's but can see myself commenting on and reading the porn one for some reason ...

[teithiwr.livejournal.com]

Am currently pretty much stress-attacked, so this is just a drive-by comment to say that I read lj and try to post (well, cross-post from DW) occasionally! It's sad that things have quietened down so much.

[frikatilhi.livejournal.com]

I feel like I really want to post to LJ a lot - but then I try and have nothing to say. Where's the squee?? :p

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'd be super into the porn meme! Always!

I love the idea of friending memes but am honestly not that sure I can make time to read any more people's posts than I already do /o\ but I agree, this platform really fills a need for me too that I can't find anywhere else. Glad you're still here, friend ♥