migration

[logovo]

Adding a few more people as I find them, integrating what I had done in my English LJ accounts into one whole reading list. I very much like the subscription setup and how it fits to the way I interact with people's journals. I never did like using filters. Would set up one and use it one time and then completely forget it was there or who was on it.

I was only mildly surprised by some grumbling regarding the the breaking of relationships that might happen in the move to Dreamwidth. We all have our own idea of how we fit in to the reading spaces of other fannish people and to have that shaken is painful. Through friendsfriends I read a couple of posts by people I don't know and they were so publicly upset I had to look away.

Comments

[lian]

I find this high-flying anxiety ...perplexing? I have my share of social anxiety, yes, but I just trust the people that mean enough to me to follow me/stick with me? Probably because my friends' list is small enough and I never established any highly invested presence.

But still...I'm not afraid of losing someone at all -- I only see it as an opportunity to find additional people and renew existing bonds. And, okay, I like this opportunity, this element of honesty -- there are people on my flist who I wouldn't want to de-friend on lj, but not subscribing to them on DW feels far less confrontational.

[logovo]

A lot of angst comes from writers concerned with hierarchies, I think. No wait, that's wrong. I just remembered one of the posts I mention and she's never posted fic.

I don't know, I guess it's a personality thing? I'm more mellow or repressed or something. And cautious! I've lost a lot of friends over the years over simple things, like lack of time or moving away, changing lifestyles, etc. and those were people who were very close in RL. Now that has hurt. Ironically it also makes people coming in and out of my online circle of friends something I can be more relaxed about.