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alicebentley) wrote2023-12-29 11:35 am
alicebentley) wrote2023-12-29 11:35 am
Where is that conversational nexus I used to know
I had great experiences with LiveJournal back in the Way Before. I was entertained and informed by early Usenet. I deeply miss the community at Making Light (and what the heck is going on their website this week?).
I've enjoyed aspects of DreamWidth, Tumblr and BlueSky but haven't connected with enough folks on any of them to create a solid conversation.
But it's been recently pounded into me that if I want to keep the friendships I have I need to be much better than I have been about keeping channels open.
Intellectually I understand that people who don't hear from me for years (or decades) might feel that we are not really friends. Emotionally that's just not the case for me. The fun times and fond memories are still bright in my mind, and I would greet you with the same joy no matter how long it's been.
I bow to reality - and will actively search out where these connecting conversations might be occurring, and do what I can to get myself there.
I've enjoyed aspects of DreamWidth, Tumblr and BlueSky but haven't connected with enough folks on any of them to create a solid conversation.
But it's been recently pounded into me that if I want to keep the friendships I have I need to be much better than I have been about keeping channels open.
Intellectually I understand that people who don't hear from me for years (or decades) might feel that we are not really friends. Emotionally that's just not the case for me. The fun times and fond memories are still bright in my mind, and I would greet you with the same joy no matter how long it's been.
I bow to reality - and will actively search out where these connecting conversations might be occurring, and do what I can to get myself there.
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I heard (from Abi, back in September) that Patrick and Theresa were working with some folks from Wordpress on migrating the entire Making Light system onto a new platform -- presumably WP hosting of some kind. So last week's flickering lights are probably a good sign.
(A big Movable Type system like ML is an absolute beast to do anything with: we're probably talking thousands of blog posts and hundreds of thousands of comments to back up, massage into a new format, and import into someone else's database. So watch the skies, I guess.)