hello wall.

[certainthings]

it's pretty damn pointless most of the time, isn't it?

how do you interact with people online? I mean. how do you get people to engage in conversation with you?


also, while taking a tumblr break. I'm still looking at it from time to time. casually and slowly unfollowing.

if I unfollow you and you don't like it. well, it's probably an accident. just let me know.


#brickwall

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

hahah, that is probably a good reason to stay away. while I don't like interacting with real life folk, I wouldn't mind talking to online ones. and yet.

[cherrymmm.livejournal.com]

I used to talk to people online a lot more back when the internet was shiny and new. Still friends with people from early days of message boards and IMing.

The internet is so much bigger now and there are so many social media forums that it is much more difficult to make real connections. There are so many cartoons and 'like' buttons and other forms of checking in that real people interaction gets a little lost.

I'm old school, I call my friends when I want to talk. *shrugs*

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

oh, still friends with people too and such and I've never liked the phone. and yeah, there is the problem of the like buttons and such.

I guess I should just get used to people not wanting to talk to me is all.

[cherrymmm.livejournal.com]

I don't think that people don't want to talk to you. You are bright and witty and I love hearing what you have to say. :) I'll talk to you any time. Thought I'm probably boring as hell and not fun to talk to.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, talking is fine and all. And I appreciate that. I more mean. Fandom flail. I miss people wanting to fandom with me. :)

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

I tend to have my family alot and a few friends (which when I talk to them it's either 'Jeff Goldblum!', "So you're working on...?' or just having squeaky feels about Andrew with another) but other than that I live in a tiny hole. I don't interact much online as I should but then again meh.

Mostly if I just need to talk to people such as today, it was "The Fly is gross. Damn Goldblum!" - "Fingernails" - "J, you ass does it get more gross?!" and from there yada' there was also "OMG Spider-Man DVD News, figured you'd wanna know" - "I want Andrew/Emma commentary!" - "You ship it hard I know", and so on.

Oh god that's lame! I'm giving you bad advice! Don't listen! I'm much better at sarcastic comments /hides

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. Goldblum is quite the topic.

and sarcastic comments are pretty great as well.

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

That he is. J never steered me wrong before (I quite like Jurassic Park and a few others we've discussed but this - The Fly- had me hiding in my couch pillows and then came 'wait for fingernails' and I just -- I felt like calling him and being like "ARE YOU NUTS, I KNOW THIS FILM IS A CLASSIC BUT IT'S CREEPING ME OUT D: ) So, yes, damn Goldblum. Damn him.And Cronenberg because it was good, but SO creepy.

That they are. Ala Chandler Bing when in doubt go for sarcasm if one is not good with advice giving.

ETA: Thank you again, emailed you back <3

[chase-acow.livejournal.com]

I've gotten really bad at keeping up conversations online. Partly, that's my fault. I'm not super focused on one pairing in one fandom and interacting with a smallish set of fans. I'm not in the middle of anything anymore.

Partly, I think the way we interact has changed. I'm not interested in the capslock flails or codewords that a normal person outside of fandom wouldn't have a chance of understanding. I feel like the old guy who refuses to keep up with the youngsters. : )

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Maybe not with capslock or codewords but I want to flail with people. Sometimes I have feels and I want to share and yet. Nope.

It's just not as much fun flailing by yourself.

[chase-acow.livejournal.com]

It's not as fun to squee by yourself. I've been so behind on all the cool stuff the last couple of years while I tried to sort out my life. I'm very sad I was late to the Capt America/Avengers party. I have definitely noticed that it gets harder to interact the older I get because I have to go to a real job and keep up an actual house instead of just my dorm or room.

[and-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Do you hate the tumblr? is it boring or awful?

when you find out how to engage ppl will you share with me. you can always try posting nudes?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Nope. Just need a break.

I will. And ahahahaha.

[justlikeyou.livejournal.com]

This is why I prefer LJ over Tumblr (even though LJ is quickly becoming one of those rusty old bikes stored in the shed -- people know how to ride it, sure, but they are no longer children (so to speak) and are more interested in driving a cool shiny car -- Tumblr-- instead. I don't feel there is real interaction/connection on Tumblr like there is/was on LJ. There are many many shiny .gifs & people hit (and abuse?) the reblog button but you can't really comment? Or join communities to find people with similar interests and engage in conversation about fandom-y type stuff?

I agree with the person above me who said they're not all that interested in capslock fail (communicating in overly-involved fandoms?) anymore; that was something I did more when I was a college student. Sometimes I really just wanna flail and shorten sentences to express how pleased i am about [fandom x] but other times, I just want to revisit old friends that I've made over the years. I don't think I've friended anyone new on LJ for like 2 years? LOL. Grateful for the people who have stuck with me, though! ♥

Hmmmm not sure if you understand my meaning in this comment. Not really sure I do. I just love LJ and all the people I've met on it. I do love fandom but I'm definitely more casual about it now. I'm not all about OMG ICONS AND FANFICS AND FANDOM CHALLENGES but I do like those once in awhile. :)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

There is definitely more interaction on lj well, for some people. I just. Ugh. I really miss how it was all shiny and pretty before and there were fandoms and you were in a fandom and friends with people in a fandom and you all flailed together over that fandom.

Some people have these great and wonderful friends epic conversations on tumblr but for myself and others it's a lonely lonely place.

And yeah, maybe not with capslock and such. But. I want to flail with people. And no one really wants to flail. I mean, there are these that people reply to and that's great. Let's me know that I'm still alive and such.

I love lj and I'm fairly certain I will never leave. I just. I miss people wanting to flail with me.

I think I got your meaning. :)

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

I totally just haven't posted and just have been so busy :\ But also for the reasons I put in my hiatus. I'm gonna come back from that this weekend though :)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

good. because even though there's little interaction these days. posting still feels all right. well. sorta.