It was J-Land's third anniversary a few weeks ago. Ho-hum.
What's to celebrate? That there are still people here?
All the movers and shakers who made
this place great, with a few exceptions, are now writing "blogs."
And those blogs feel so different and distanced from their AOL journals.
Graphically for starters. There's a textbook feel to them. They've lost their bright, cheery, let's turn on
some music and dance feel and assumed a somber, let's be serious, we're
writing a blog tone. No matter that they're writing the same kind of
stuff for the most part.
The blogs also feel distant, certainly less accessible, because
commenting, adding pictures, etc., requires so much effort on Blogger.
AOL for all its lame attempts to make you feel
like this is a community actually remains more user-friendly. But only
if
you're on a PC. Not for those of us on MACs. One
word: Spellcheck. Not for Macs. Another word:
Firefox. If I don't use Firefox I can't do anything but type in
one size font. Forget links.
Meanwhile, AOL continues treating
its paying members with their usual disdain -- now offering AOL service
almost entirely FREE when you use another internet provider. Yep, they
can do that because they have so much revenue from those banner ads on
paying members' journals.
The only nice piece of news from headquarters was hearing that some
heads did roll over the member information screw up. Remember that
heartwarming story? When half a
million computer logs were handed over to nosy internet research types.
So, the third anniversary of AOL Journals arrived in July to considerable ennui. On my part at least.
The community was rent asunder last fall. The party ended. The VIVIs
are gone. This place is a cemetery of dead journals. But it's
home.
6 comments:
A cemetery......it does feel that way, but like you say, it's home.
I know lots of journallers have mysteriously disappeared but there still seems to be lots left. Like you say it`s home and I ain`t going anywhere...lol! :o)
Sandra xxxx
http://journals.aol.com/labdancer51/SandrasScribbles/
PS: the least said about AOL the better :o(
I've found in my life that some people go, and some people stick. I'd rather like to think some of us decided to stick. AOL has nothing to do with the relationships I have found here. Including you.
I miss you, Girlfriend. :)
doxoxo,
andi
I tried Blogger...hated it. Some have come back. I know we lost the best of us and it still sucks....Sandi
well, we might be a bunch of dead old biddies, but we still be kickin and screaming....
even if only occasionally, that is.
good to see you Mrs. L.
carry on.
I hear you. I kept wanting to write something like "what's the big deal?" I lost a ton of my readers once the ads hit and haven't gotten them back. Not that it is the only reason, but it was nice to know that more than one or two people were reading what I put out there. OK, now I am just whining. By the way, you've written some great stuff the last two weeks.
Jim
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