#IM DRAWING HALF-NAKED GIRLS RN THERES NO TIME TO GET EXISTENTIAL

[natsmagi]

It's incredibly tough because we no longer have social media that's suitable for fandom interactions the way livejournal was. Individual journals + interest communities which could be easily locked/unlocked as you wanted. People had to search out what they wanted etc. Twitter and tumblr just can't do it (and let's not even mention tiktok)

ITS KIND OF SAD......... i was never really on livejournal when i was younger bc i was like 10 and did not know what the internet was capable of offering but even just being on deviantart in the early 2010s gave me a strong sense of community and support...... just a bunch of hobbyists doing their own little things and joining those groups deviantart had was alot of fun for lil kid me!

the best substitute we've got for livejournal these days is like. discord. but thats so annoying especially when theyre specifically locking content behind a discord invite since many of us may not even know if we vibe there!! and its intimidating to be thrown into a group chat with people who already have established bonds ONTOP of not even knowing if youll get along😭

while i think tumblr is relatively good for fandom posting and such i definitely wouldnt call it the best place to make friends with similar interests...... since its hard to really like. have actual conversations with people on here since the ask feature is pretty one-sided, tags arent meant to be responded to a majority of the time, the comments feature barely gets used and the dms system is wonky as hell. and twitter is just a cesspool of reactionary people who dont think before they tweet and are just waiting to make their next callout post, but god is it a good place to hold a conversation and bond with people................ you just cant win these days huh

#proud of myself for not being a tiktok user also #ask #anyone else think todays internet is strangely lonely #like obv i have internet friends that i hang out with frequently and love #but it just feels like it used to be so much easier to make friends ??? but maybe im just getting old and out of touch ???? #idk!!!! its so hard finding people to relate to these days for me!!!!! #because it doesnt feel like people care as much for just sharing their love for things anymore....... #either because people are so fixated on the negatives or theyre just drawing whats popular #and not drawing what they wanna draw #which is a bit sad but i get it. capitalism fucking sucks and u gotta do what u gotta do to get by but man. it just sucks #again though. i could just be getting old #BUT ANYWAY. THATS ENOUGH LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IM A REAL HUMAN WITH REAL FEELINGS FOR THE DAY #LOVE OVERSHARING ON THE INTERNET #IM DRAWING HALF-NAKED GIRLS RN THERES NO TIME TO GET EXISTENTIAL #I FEEL DIZZY