LJ Crossposting still down, use the feed.

[penk]

I'm beginning to think that LiveJournal is losing much of it's appeal and, frankly, community - being steadily replaced with sites that are more than just journal posts (such as Facebook). I will likely continue to use LJ for private / locked postings if I need to, but I'm not going to put a lot of energy into integration.

Livejournal has an 'adequate' RSS feed mechanism, and Planet Geek has an active feed. If you've been reading my journal and reading my posts, and want to continue seeing the, please add the Livejournal RSS feed for Planet-Geek to your friends list, and you won't miss a post.

Comments

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I've never been interested in "what's going on" with LiveJournal itself. I agree that Facebook has a crisper interface and shinier toys, and I wouldn't mind the LiveJournal gang taking a page from them and applying some of the same techniques here.

But Facebook is an atrocious example of site design. My "news feed" seems to be constructed out of a purely random sampling of things my friends have been doing in the last ten minutes. The modes for navigating to a particular information node - a status update, a photo, an event -- seem to differ from one thing to another, and once you're there it's hard to figure out how to get somewhere else you're interested.

Facebook is glitzier and more exciting in some ways but there's precious little community there. Kind of like with blogs, in fact.

[blk]

I cannot stand the Facebook news feed, probably because I don't understand how it's composed. I can't figure out how to make a "read only" friends group there; I don't get timestamps to see when something was posted or added; the order of the feed seems random (events I know I've already seen appear near the top, while 'newer' ones are further down).

Plus, the "shinier toys" aspect means things change (and occasionally break) daily. I realize this is a good thing for some folks, but it just makes it more annoying for me, because it's one more thing I have to figure out. Change is BAD.

re: but there's precious little community there

[etherial.livejournal.com]

That's it exactly. I use livejournal to show my friends what I'm thinking and then talk to them about it. Nothing else can hold a candle to it for that.