Fertilize Then Synthesize

Oh LiveJournal, how your demise pains me so. With many sacrificing your hidden charms for the triviality of twitter, it is upsetting to remember the halcyon days of 2007 when nearly everyone was here and the Fandom felt more like a community than the disparate group of people it was (perhaps inevitably) exposed to be.

The current economic conditions and the rise in the number of furs has resulted in the dominance of cliques. This is evident IRL and is very evident on twitter. Not many travel like they used to and the development of more localised communities means there is also no need. Why visit other cities when you can socialize on your doorstep? I am also sure the rise of conventions in this country has also had an effect - why go to a few little parties when you can go to one great big one? All of this creates a sense of drift - a more localized focus which has resulted in more localized friendships. This is no bad thing necessarily but I do feel it has led to other friendships being forgotten.

I have drifted apart from so many yet I do no different to what I did four years ago. I go to the same number of meets, post in the same online forums yet feel more isolated than ever. Perhaps my lack of adaptation is the problem. And yes we do have a fantastic group in Leeds but this doesn't prevent me from seeing other furs too.

I am falling out of love with twitter. It never replaced blogging for me, it was just a different medium. It's upsetting to read the tweets of former friends who have shown no interest for years. Responding to tweets seems to be a disposal pastime so despite my trying, often a conversation isn't forthcoming. Furthermore, the banality of the majority of posts on twitter makes it far less engaging than the posts on conventional blogs, not to mention more depressing.

Maybe I am a Luddite, a snob even, but I will be blogging far longer than I will be tweeting. It's just a shame there are so few of us left over here. It seems less transient, less superficial and far more intimate. This is why I am far closer to my LJ friends than those on twitter.

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