[ SECRET POST #2217 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2217 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Early because sick, sorry.

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 097 secrets from Secret Submission Post #317.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/vexQXSP.jpg

[supermanda]

This hurt my eyes a bit

[(Anonymous)]

I had to abandon my original LJ due to real life stuff, and I've felt awful ever since. I couldn't chance linking my new name to that one so I just had to leave everyone behind. So lonely and guilty feeling.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes people just drift.

[augustbird]

from this secret, you sound reaaaaally clingy. :/ if you really wanted to interact with your friend that much, you could just go to tumblr? it's not like your friend has an obligation to stay on a site if they like another one better. and if you really hate tumblr that much, there's always email.

[(Anonymous)]

A LOT of people left LJ and DW for Tumblr, because that's where most of the fannish action is. Complain all you like, but this person isn't exactly unique.

[visp]

So how's about instead of acting like a deranged fan, you act like a friend, and email them with a "hey, I've missed you, where've you been?" Maybe see if you can get on their facebook or find some other way to keep in contact?

[partialsatyr]

keep making passive aggressive secrets, anon, and some day your friend will come back to you! this is how the world works

[unicornherds]

It sucks when people drift apart, but sadly it's a fact of life. Maybe you could try emailing them to keep in contact?

[ex_mek82]

Why don't you just send them an e-mail or something? Maybe see if they're on Twitter?

I mean, I left LJ behind largely due to finally getting fed up with their shitty business practices/ethics, but I try to make an attempt to keep in contact with my friends who still use LJ somewhat frequently.

[elaminator]

I somewhat sympathize, because it sucks losing a friend. However, I imagine this person had reasons for leaving LJ and they probably didn't intend to harm you by doing so.

But if they weren't happy at LJ, they weren't happy. Maybe they didn't like how the site has changed, maybe their fandom was more active on tumblr, or maybe they felt pressured to interact with people, and needed some 'alone time'. (Tumblr is good for that, since it's so difficult to have a discussion with other people.)

You could always make a tumblr too, or try emailing them (if you know their address, of course)? (Again, I know tumblr isn't the best way to keep in contact, but if you want to know how they're doing it might be helpful.)

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god say what you mean and stop shitting on tumblr. Your friend abandoned you and you're hurt. That's fine. It has NOTHING to do with tumblr. You are able to have ALL these things you mentioned on tumblr too. You know why? Because it's about the PEOPLE not the WEBSITE.

[(Anonymous)]

Too many words. This wouldn't get many reblogs.

[(Anonymous)]

My limited experience with livejournal in its heyday was not always great. Sure there were nice little communities, but they were fairly stuck up and exclusive. Tumblr while less interactive, tends to be much more positive and celebratory. It has the occasional bouts of wank here or there but those are easy to ignore.

Also rl obligations > fandom coms.

[(Anonymous)]

No regrets, sorry. If you people had bothered to actually make me feel like I was, in fact, your friend, I would've stayed. We stopped sharing fandoms YEARS before I left. At least on Tumblr there isn't anyone trying to guilt me into commenting on their entries and ostracizing me if I so much as breathe in a way they don't like.

You all have my contact info, and all of TWO of you have kept in touch of me. Out of over a dozen people.

No. Regrets. I'd do it again, to. I miss you guys, but none of you spared even HALF the energy for our friendships that I did.

[fauxkaren]

I actually feel really guilty for abandoning my lj for tumblr.

But then the guilt makes me feel even more anxious about going back to lj. IDEK.

[(Anonymous)]

I left LJ for DW and have done everything I can to make myself available to all my old LJ friends, but some of them just refuse to keep in contact any way other than LJ. Not surprisingly, they're the same people who whine about the situation much the way OP is doing. I have no sympathy whatsoever.

[(Anonymous)]

Losing friends sucks, yeah, but this really just makes you look like a dick.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like this secret could be about me, if it isn't already.

Sorry. If you really wanted to get in touch with me again, you'd find a way to do that. I'd certainly welcome it.

[dimestoresaint]

This just reeks of entitlement. No one is obligated to keep using a website just because you want them to. That journal was about whatever they wanted it to be about--because it was THEIR JOURNAL--and if they want it to be over, that's got absolutely fuck all to do with you.

[diet_poison]

This is really passive-aggressive. OP, if you miss your friends, fucking talk to them. I highly doubt them leaving LJ was a personal affront to you, so don't make it all about yourself like that. If people were super obligated to make and keep friends all over the Internet and never leave the places they are because their friends are clinging to them, the internet would be a giant chore.

I like my online friends, but most of them are distinctly different to me than RL friends. RL is a priority, for me and for them. And when people move around on the internet it's because they want to move to a different place, usually not because they are trying to get rid of a particular person.

[(Anonymous)]

lol no it doesn't suck for those things. I wouldn't have two pairs of friends get into relationships through tumblr and I wouldn't have been able to keep in contact with others if it really did suck.

It's different, but get over yourself, sheesh.

[wauwy]

Stalker alert

[blueonblue]

I automatically support any secret that hates on tumblr, but sometimes people drift apart and friendships end. It's not just technology, it's time.

[childings.livejournal.com]

Ugh I'm so tired of this "moving to tumblr" drama. Livejournal is old, that format is over a decade old now, okay. People move on to different social media, that's the way the internet works. Or else we would all be on diaryland still