Those Damn Buttons

[poliphilo]

Numbers of my friends seem to be abandoning LJ- upping sticks and moving elsewhere. For many it seems those damn buttons that link us to Facebook and Twitter were the final straw. Silly old LJ, for doing that!  I mean, did they consult with anyone beforehand? Me, I've always been careful never to put anything here that I wouldn't be happy to see published with my name attached, so you can link me to Facebook as much as you like, and I won't care. Not that any of you would.

I'm sad about what's happening, but I've got a lot invested here, I like the company- what's left of it- and I'm not moving.

Comments

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I'm staying here. FaceBook is OK for staying in touch with family, my sister and cousins, etc. and one or two old friends who are afraid of LJ for one reason or another.
FaceBook only lets a person use about 450 characters per post. I am much much too longwinded for that, so I come here and make my real entries.
I do not cross post. Once in a while I will copy and paste something, but no names, no Internet ID,. etc.,and it's almost all paraphrased anyway. Usually I paste from FaceBook to here rather than vice versa.
Example: my last LJ post. I was just so angry at that woman from FaceBook who had that kind of nerve and who obviously believes the drivel that she is spewing. She sent me a personal message on FaceBook and I copied it along with my reply to her and pasted the whole thing here in LJ. I want people to see the exact kind of garbage that is going around. I view with alarm because so many believe this stuff.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I'm here is because I enjoy writing. A site that limits posts to 450 words would be no use to me whatsoever.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Exactly!