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My paid LJ account runs out in about a week. The question is, do I renew it? I hate ads, and I don't want them on my journal, and I'm fine with paying for that except... I don't feel like I use the account much anymore. So is it worth it?
Well over half the people I've gotten to know on LJ are gone now, either in a deleted-account way or in a just-don't-post-anymore way. Some I still follow on Facebook or Twitter, others I've completely lost track of. There are still people there I do want to keep up with, and oh, the communities! Not, mind you, that I need more craft ideas, but... it is fun to see all the crafts.
Of course, there's Ravelry and Craftster and a dozen other craft blogs I have bookmarked... and nothing says I need a paid account to watch communities, though the lack of ads (especially browsing on my phone) is really nice.
I will probably renew it, it's only $25(?). Though if I do, I really should get back into blogging more. It's funny, when I started the whole blogging thing I had very little to talk about - maybe that's why I got so involved in fiction writing? Back then I lived in that townhouse without a craft room, and the only social thing I did was book club once a month. Now I do tons of things, and could talk about all sorts of stuff (yes, it would probably bore you, but between the house, belly dancing, and a renewed interest in crafting I could babble on forever!), but never seem to sit down and write.
I suppose it all comes down to why blog? People do it for a lot of different reasons, I'm just no longer sure what mine is. Kind of the story of my life, too many interests, too scattered and disorganized!
Well over half the people I've gotten to know on LJ are gone now, either in a deleted-account way or in a just-don't-post-anymore way. Some I still follow on Facebook or Twitter, others I've completely lost track of. There are still people there I do want to keep up with, and oh, the communities! Not, mind you, that I need more craft ideas, but... it is fun to see all the crafts.
Of course, there's Ravelry and Craftster and a dozen other craft blogs I have bookmarked... and nothing says I need a paid account to watch communities, though the lack of ads (especially browsing on my phone) is really nice.
I will probably renew it, it's only $25(?). Though if I do, I really should get back into blogging more. It's funny, when I started the whole blogging thing I had very little to talk about - maybe that's why I got so involved in fiction writing? Back then I lived in that townhouse without a craft room, and the only social thing I did was book club once a month. Now I do tons of things, and could talk about all sorts of stuff (yes, it would probably bore you, but between the house, belly dancing, and a renewed interest in crafting I could babble on forever!), but never seem to sit down and write.
I suppose it all comes down to why blog? People do it for a lot of different reasons, I'm just no longer sure what mine is. Kind of the story of my life, too many interests, too scattered and disorganized!