Damn.

[pez]

I keep wanting to talk about writing, but Tumblr isn't the place because nobody gives a shit, Facebook isn't the place because that's not where I do fandom, and LJ isn't the place because nobody is in my fandoms. 100k+ words in 3 fandoms which virtually none of my friends are in. Whee.

And before anyone says "you can still talk about it, I'll read it" well yes, but that's the same as talking to friends about stuff that only interests you. They'd smile and nod but can't share your enthusiasm, which makes you feel guilty about wasting their time and the whole exercise pretty pointless anyway.

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[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

That'd require finding people on Tumblr you'd like to talk with - and the format of Tumblr is such that you just don't know if you want to talk to them on Skype when you can hardly talk to them in brief comments. Also, to be interested in talking to people requires genuine interest, which'd usually involve yourself and those people willing to blog stuff that's not fandom stuff or reblogs, talk about personal life at a place that is fully public. Which... urgh.

[storme]

(There was usually an interim 'exchange PMs' period, but otherwise, yeah, I know. It takes less to trigger genuine interest for me than it does for you.)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Exchanging PMs feels really invasive. "Hi I like all your reblogs and the posts about your cats can we be friends" even in better English is still weird-people-out material...

[eolo.livejournal.com]

THIS!