Bad Things Become Good Things
Nov. 12th, 2022 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
corbdenI'll miss Twitter, if it goes away which I think it will. 210k Tweets (including RTs, I think is how it works). 2833 followers. Following 1145. 15 years of short-form navel-gazing. The later part of which I transitioned to a promotional platform for my writing.
It was good in a lot of ways, but also maybe not so good. I'm hoping a switch back will rewire my brain. My connections on LJ were deeper, and I was able to explore ideas more deeply as well. Now that I'm a Real Writer™, journalling might be a better way to explore some of my deeper ideas without needing to craft a witty 260 character with the goal of getting widespread attention. Modern social media feels more about the numbers. How many retweets, how many likes. And even though I've been able to form a more healthy relationship to that drive for eyeballs, maybe dropping that drive altogether will be for the best.
That said, I was able to promote my books on Twitter, and this doesn't feel like such a space for that. What I would like, however, is a more close-knit, thoughtful community of exploring ideas with the time they deserve. That is the intention I'm setting out there. I don't know if it's still possible to have the kind of community I had on LJ, but I do desire something like that. So I'm going to give it a shot.
It was good in a lot of ways, but also maybe not so good. I'm hoping a switch back will rewire my brain. My connections on LJ were deeper, and I was able to explore ideas more deeply as well. Now that I'm a Real Writer™, journalling might be a better way to explore some of my deeper ideas without needing to craft a witty 260 character with the goal of getting widespread attention. Modern social media feels more about the numbers. How many retweets, how many likes. And even though I've been able to form a more healthy relationship to that drive for eyeballs, maybe dropping that drive altogether will be for the best.
That said, I was able to promote my books on Twitter, and this doesn't feel like such a space for that. What I would like, however, is a more close-knit, thoughtful community of exploring ideas with the time they deserve. That is the intention I'm setting out there. I don't know if it's still possible to have the kind of community I had on LJ, but I do desire something like that. So I'm going to give it a shot.
