I am curious (purple)

[gwyn]

One of the things that the past couple weeks or so brought home to me is that I'm completely bewildered by why anyone reads this LJ. I know most of my flist comes from the Jossverse -- especially Buffy fans. Judging by the response to last week's new chapter of my F&F WIP, it's not for the F&F fic updates. Many of you are folks I know through fandom, especially vidding. And then there's the inevitable confusion over why I get both massively defriended after a usage post, but also friended by a lot of new people, and many of them haven't been shy about telling me it's boring if I don't do more usage posts. At this point I almost have no idea what to use it for anymore. I would actually be grateful if you'd do the ticky box thing, and let me know, so I can figure out what to focus on. As it is, with fic, I'm trying to put the focus back in the Buffy since I think there's clearly more interest there, but is there something else I should be wasting words on?

[Poll #372466]

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echoing thefourthvine

[emmarytz.livejournal.com]

(Even while wondering about my spelling of "echoing.") Maybe I'm more generally voyeuristic than most, but what I like about LJ is the opportunity it gives to peek into the lives of those who are, some of the time, complete strangers. I read some of your posts more closely than others but, in general, I just like seeing what you've got to say about whatever. Sometimes I pick up grammar hints; sometimes I find out about some show on television; sometimes I learn that people can give their frequent flier miles away. When I post to my own LJ, it's for my own amusement, as a rule. I don't see that you should feel obligated to write usage posts when you don't feel like it, or that you should stop posting about Fast & Furious vids if the poll numbers indicate those posts are less popular. So what? -em ps. Have you heard that Fox (or was it WB?) is begging Joss to come back and do something for them? It seems their various replacement shows don't hold the viewers the way Angel did. -em

Re: echoing thefourthvine

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

sometimes I learn that people can give their frequent flier miles away.

LOL! See, that is a good thing -- I have imparted important information to someone! That's kind of what I like about LJ too -- the details, a sense of community. A place to whine... I don't know if you know about ginmar and her LJ, where she writes about being in Iraq (she's stationed there as a reservist). I've seen something happen with her, too, where people want to read about one aspect, and forget that the other things -- her Buffy fandom, etc. -- are a huge part of her life. It never occurred to me that people would have issues with what they think they "signed up for" by friending, but the last few weeks have opened my eyes.