General wah

[valis2]

I am catching up on the LJ flist, and I'm getting sadder and sadder.

I knew already that the HP fandom would be endangered by the end of the series, but now it's fragmented as well, and I'm really having trouble wrapping my head around having multiple journals. I'm a control freak, as you all know, and I hate the idea of cross-posting, but I also hate the idea of not cross-posting, and I hate the idea of having one main journal, and I hate the idea of having journal-specific entries, and I just feel like I'm watching my internet journaling experience take a nose dive.

Also, I find the idea that HP's parent corporations are going to put the smackdown on slash very chilling. (I can't remember where I read the entry now, damnit.)

*glooms about*

ETA: Oh, and this bit about everyone defriending LJ people so they don't have to read multiple entries? Understandable, but... *glooms even more*

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[sigune.livejournal.com]

Blech.

I started cross-posting, but I find that half of the time I just forget to use Semagic -_-. But even if I do cross-post, my IJ is pretty dead - I have a flist of 30 people there, as opposed to 190 watchers here! It's like starting all over again. Some five people that I like very much are posting exclusively at IJ now, but I can't keep up with two flists (that partially overlap); GJ I've already given up on entirely as it's even deader than IJ. sylvadin may say that everything's going on at IJ now, but that seems to be only the case for the smut-minded among us; if you're not a member of all the smut-specific communities, there's almost nothing over there :(. What I feared, has happened: us poor gen people have been cut off from the rest of fandom. I think it's a shame.

As for DH: I'm sorry. I'm one of the bashers - never thought I would be; but I can't honestly like the book ;_;.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I'm going crazy trying to figure out how to reach everybody. Seriously. If I post exclusively on LJ, I miss out on the cutting-edge IJ crew. If I post exclusively on IJ, I miss the huge LJ crowd. If I post on both, I irritate everyone. Plus, then I have to monitor responses on both journals.

I like having centralized discussions, y'know? I don't want to break up interesting conversations. I mean, with fic it doesn't matter--any comments are great. But with general interest stuff, I'd rather have everyone talking in one place.

*sigh*

I think sylvadin was saying that those who were especially sensitive to censorship, or those who were involved in channish activities, were the ones jumping over to IJ--I think you're both right, we're missing our pr0ny center.