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[raynaissance]

I'm really uncomfortable with the lack of likes idk if i can get used to this

also i feel like im supposed to be writing longer posts somehow

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[irlsophiehatter]

yeah and theres no reblog equivalent either

[raynaissance]

ughhh LJ totally had a share feature that worked like reblogs, i thought. this one just sends the post as an email???

...I like comment threads though. They're very nice (though maybe this theme could be formatted better)

[skiesofpluto]

lj was always a bit different than tumblr and thus dreamwidth is too - you gotta comment more i think to acknowledge stuff? i once used LJ for journaling with friends i knew IRL, then later exclusively for fanfiction stuff with a new account

i don't remember LJ ever having a share feature? i'm pretty sure we just did old fashioned hyperlinks :|c

anyway hi!

[raynaissance]

I didnt use LJ super much so my memory is probably inaccurate

by hyperlinks i guess you just mean, here's a link to a cool post?

i can get behind commenting to acknowledge stuff i guess, it seems like it might get repetitive and not be as validating as a like button though

[skiesofpluto]

i'm remembering some old lj cultural standbys like "*gives you cookies*" as default acknowledge comments lmao

if i actually keep posting here i might default to "*likes this post*" sometimes

[raynaissance]

Yeah that seems like a natural thing

tbh it probably won't be any harder to find workarounds to validate mental illness quirks than it is on any other social media site it'll just take some adapting

[skiesofpluto]

oh yes and that is what i meant by hyperlink, 'hyperlink' being the old-timey full name for what we call 'links' now >_x actually i don't know why i started using it as a term because i didn't used to.