I'm back?

[unikorento]

I've not written in this journal in six years. Somehow, I imagined that (like an actual journal) it would be gone by now, forgotten at the back of a drawer. But here it is, exactly as I left it.

I can't make any grand claims that this is where I'm going to settle again, but I feel like I could give it a try. I miss journaling, and Tumblr (beautiful and chaotic as it is) doesn't quite manage to meet my needs in that respect. Everyone is speaking up, but it doesn't seem like there's much conversation going on. Granted, that might just be me being old and stiff.

Anyway. Hello, old friends.

Comments

[dray]

And hello new friends, too.

The lack of conversation on Tumblr was a bit of a black hole for me. You could sit and scroll and favourite and reblog, but it felt very social-adjacent to me.

...On the other hand, coming here and not being able to express a general "hey, I read that post and acknowledge it was good" via favouriting feels odd. Maybe that's a good thing to get rid of.

Nice to meet you, in any case! :)

[unikorento]

Social-adjacent is the perfect word to describe the tumblr experience! It was noisy, and yet terribly lonely. But I also wish that Dreamwidth had a "like" button. I've a hard time sitting down to write comments, and at the same time there are a lot of posts on my reading page on daily basis that would deserve acknowledgement. Seeing as how DW hasn't seemed to have changed much about the site in the six years I was gone, holding out hope that they might install a "like" function is likely wasted effort. But I'll continue to hope anyway. That, and for a format that would be mobile friendly.

[unikorento]

Oh, and nice to meet you, too! :D

[falena]

Re: making DW work better for mobile.
I suggest choosing the Mobility theme for your journal style. It was designed specifically for mobile, so it scales well on smartphones and tablets. And like all DW themes it's easily customisable. You can see it in action on my journal.

LJ has implemented a like function some time ago. I don't care for it. I'd rather not get a comment than get a like. It doesn't tell me much. But I know I am in the minority.

[dray]

I'll take a mobile version ANY day. Trying to respond from the phone is like pulling teeth! When I was involved in the RP part of DW and had many replies to make in a day, I was dying for mobile. Three years later it's still not available. I guess that's the downside of having honest owners of a very mom-and-pop style run site.

On the plus side, as I'm beginning to adapt to DW I'm getting into the swing of popping by and saying something instead of hitting 'like'. It's old-school, but it's nice!