Tumblr Free Day

[kitewithfish]

Last night I had the bright idea of removing the Tumblr app from the homepage on my phone (not deleting it! Just moving it out of sight) and man, I am glad I did. I keep reflexively looking for it when I have a minute to myself, because Tumblr was good for distractions and new stuff and pretty pretty art, but not for community. 

Whereas anytime I open up a DW window I end up with nine tabs and three replies to write because To Be A Fan On DW is to be a chatty, chatty human being. XD

Does the social media you're using effect who you are on that platform?  I tend to think it does, but I am betting people have other experiences.

I have tried to establish Kitewithfish as Who I Am in fandom with little IRL crossover, so most of my online stuff is as a version of myself slightly detached from people who might google my name. Who I am online with fannish folks is different than I am with people on, say, Facebook, but it's pretty close to who I am in person. I have mostly kept FB a Fandom Free Zone for me, since god, that site gives me the Heebies AND the Jeebies, but I happily chat about fanfic with people who know me in life, tho I am coy about usernames. 

Comments

[redseeker]

Yeah, FB for me is for real life contacts and family, Tumblr and DW etc are for fannish interests. I'm of the generation for whom it was drummed into NOT to give out one's real name on the internet, after all xDD

Tumblr is such a habit for me by this point, just scrolling to see if there's something funny and new. I used to use LJ all the time so it does feel familiar here, but it's a case of getting back into the swing of things after years away from this style of blogging.

[kitewithfish]

Concur - there's an element of re-learning to ride the LJ bike with DW, and figuring out what people will read and what's worth investing the time in. Tumblr is just a nice collection of pretty things, really.