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[dragonimp]

Okay, I've been on Tumblr for a few weeks now, and my verdict is: great soapbox, really lousy for actually interacting with anyone. Really, really lousy. I have no idea why someone would use it as their primary blog or why fandoms would move there instead of lj/dw or other places you can actually talk to people.

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[nochick_fics]

Agreed. Twitter is another one I don't get. Tried it, didn't even last a week.

I think I've more or less decided to stick with LJ, although I don't know if I'll renew my paid account when it expires. It's the icons, damn it- they're like crack to me. They gave me an extra six months free so it gives me some time to think about it. I don't mind popping in on DW (aside from snagging something from the occasional graphics post, you're the only one I bother coming over to comment for), but since 99% of my flist is still on LJ, I'm fairly positive that I'll be staying there.

[dragonimp]

Twitter works best if a bunch of your friends are also active on Twitter, then you get a multi-person IM conversation going. Unfortunately that's not how it works for me. But I like it for browsing headlines. But at least on Twitter you talk to people. Tumblr seems more like a bunch of isolated people monologging. Yeah, you can leave people notes, but there's no good way for them to reply except by more monologging. "Community" it is not.