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So if LJ is a "burbling cocktail party" then what is Facebook? Or if the party has moved there, then what does that make LJ these days?
Date: 2009-11-17 04:28 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
Livejournal is now an interesting but sedate dinner party, rather than a burbling cocktail party, but Facebook is traders shouting on the trading room floor. Possibly 15-year-olds passing notes in math class.
Date: 2009-11-17 04:30 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
Possibly 15-year-olds passing notes in math class.

That sounds like Twitter, except all the 15 year-olds are 30 year-olds making up for lost time.
Date: 2009-11-17 04:35 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
Oh, you're right! OK, Facebook is your 20th high-school reunion, but with everyone you've ever met, and less alcohol.
Date: 2009-11-17 04:49 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
Put it that way and it makes you boggle that anyone ever joins. Just reading that makes me crave a drink!
Date: 2009-11-17 04:51 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
They all join just to see what other people are up to, but it's awkward, so everyone just ends up playing Farmville.

And yet, I check it! Maybe twice a month, but still, I do.
Date: 2009-11-17 04:57 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
So it's kind of like your reunion is taking place in the school basement and someone's raided the games closet in a fit of desperation.
Date: 2009-11-17 05:02 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com
That is exactly it. Except the games closet is full of games marked "Ages 8-12" and back issues of Seventeen Magazine.
Date: 2009-11-17 10:26 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] lifeandstuff.livejournal.com
This is an awesome explanation!
Date: 2009-11-17 10:28 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] lifeandstuff.livejournal.com
I kind of wonder what to expect of LJ going foward in light of things like facebook.

Personally, I like it a lot better. Many of my friends are here posting interesting thoughts rather than twittering what they are doing every second of every day.

But, the fact that it *is* small and there is no clear way for everyone I ever knew to find me here is part of the appeal.

Facebook scares me.
Date: 2009-11-17 10:32 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
That's exactly why I see them as complementary: Facebook to have everyone in one place, handy for such things as updating people on my whereabouts ("Gonna go to thing at Brian's tonight, hope to see everyone there!") and for posting short updates I don't mind being seen by absolutely everyone. LJ for longer posts, particularly ones on ticklish subjects where the false sense of semi-anonymity makes me more candid.
Date: 2009-11-18 05:08 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] dorisduke.livejournal.com
LJ interesting, Facebook a pain in the ass///
Date: 2009-11-28 11:05 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] richardthinks.livejournal.com
So now I'm going to hijack your lj to direct you to twitter art. Just to, you know, keep it fresh. I saw CherylKerl and thought of you.
Date: 2009-12-02 07:23 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com
After considerable thought, it is: everyone you've ever known, and everyone THEY know, yelling at each other across a train platform, while the overhead screens play advertising at top volume. On the last shopping day before xmas, in New York, during a blackout.

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