@ChiffonOrange:
Yeah, LiveJournal was founded in 1999! So it's been around a while. By comparison, Twitter didn't come around until 2006. And of course there were a ton of clones, like DeadJournal and InsaneJournal and such. I think Dreamwidth is probably the one that's the most popular of the surviving clones.

You're definitely right on the blessing/curse of social media. It's great in letting people communicate more easily but it can be a real pain, too, fostering toxic environments at times, and progressively stripping a lot of the personality/ability to customize our profiles and whatnot. I mean customization used to be a huge part of the experience even on most social media but over the years it's gotten more and more 'sanitized' and boring, with a lot less personalizing options. :/

That's why I like Neocities and the whole sort of "yesterweb" movement (i.e. the community of people trying to bring back personal, custom websites)!

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@Amber Lynne:
I just really like non-human designs but also I'm not much of an artist? So I can't design my own characters super well, but I fall in love with neat designs other people make pretty regularly. I got this guy recently! I named him Aric and I've gotten art for him despite not having built a profile for him yet lol. I love him a lot. (He's the third of my growing world of monster characters; I think I'm going to have a whole collection of monsters that interact. Besides, Aric needs a boyfriend and the other two existing boys I don't think fit quite right. XD

I actually had to track the Aric's artist down since I expressed interest in him around a year ago but the artist never responded; turned out they'd gotten locked out of their DA account, lmao. But I found their Twitter and got him! :D

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@cooperationiskey: I see haha xD I understand there are certain things that you might find them embarrassing which is normal, speaking of usernames, I have plenty of (mostly old but unused) usernames but now I'm starting to regret for having so many usernames to the point where I can't remember one lmao. Ah, my old but deleted Dreamwidth posts aren't... very private but then again, no one wants to see my posts so I'm safe I guess xD

@cooperationiskey: I see. While it's nice to have only one username, though it does have some disadvantages I suppose. Facebook isn't my forte (despite most of my family are on there) since I seldom use it although it has its pros and cons.

Well holy moly, that's really fortunate to become friends with people you knew for more than 2/5/10/etc. years. ( o. o ) Some of my former classmates whom I befriended with during my high school years have already changed their personality/attitude and ignored me after we graduated from high school. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah, I agree with you. Clinging onto the past doesn't do well to your well being, sure you can reminiscent the past but moving on to the present is better at least. Sorry if I sound like I don't know what I'm talking about.

@cooperationiskey: I see, same here if it weren't for Facebook Marketplace despite I have already used another website/app that focus on selling preloved items. And true, I'm starting to think Facebook is a bigger time-waster than Tiktok (I don't really hate it, only using it for watching funny/wholesome videos depending on what you want to search) and Youtube (again, same reason as the former lol), and how I really hate FB now requires you to put your real name instead of an alias name. >:I It's like as if they don't want you to have anonymity/privacy.

It seems making friends online sounds a bit easier than making friends in real life lmao. And I see, you're absolutely right! Especially those who used to be bullies or being really mean/rude to others and still refuse to change after they became 21 or so.

Ohh I see. Wish you lots of good luck on improving ^^

@cooperationiskey: Ah, that's understandable. *nods* And yeah, I hate the enforcement of using a real name (even more ironic when the site thinks your real name isn't your real name at all for no explaination/reason).

Same. I guess it has to do with the fact you don't have to meet up with them IRL and some people do seem to talk comfortably with their online friends than their IRL friends and family. And yep, I agree. *nods* Finding people with same interests can be a challenge, hmmm..... if the internet didn't exist, lots of people would be forced to go out and make friends in person which.... it depends on situation. :vivi_sweat: Because not everyone are comfortable to make friends IRL. Then again, social media sites/apps wouldn't exist if that happens. :o

You're very welcome ^^

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@Ava: I love Stardew Valley; it's so darned adorable! And also quite the time vortex, I find; I boot it up and suddenly it's like six hours later and the sun has set. :vanora_xd:

Also I said it on a certain other site, but your hamster is adorable. :3


@ChiffonOrange: Oh yes, I know people who've had to prove they're them to keep their accounts open. It's ridiculous.

I have a tendency to get talked over or accidentally talk over people myself, so I'm often paranoid of interrupting. Having a text chat option really does help!

I don’t really have many hobbies. ;_; I used to read a lot but lately I don’t have the energy to do that. It kind of takes a lot out of me; I feel tired and sluggish…I used to draw but I don’t have the motivation to do that lately either. Also I stopped playing games.

I mainly just watch Netflix, DVDs and YouTube and cook sometimes. And go to my cooking course classes. My life is so dull and boring. >.<