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I went down a LiveJournal nostalgia-deep dive this morning. I had the thought "I wonder what Brad has done since LJ?" the other morning and it spiraled from there.

I miss Livejournal. I think Dreamwidth is an absolutely fine place to be. I am not complaining about DW. It's basically LJ to me just with prettier colors. I just miss when sites like LJ were the place to be. My first LJ account was made 28 June 2002. I bounced around several names regularly until the 2010s when everyone started to fade away....

I miss the communities. I miss the friendships that were formed (but I still talk to many of the people I met through there). I am a little scared to form friends on the internet now. It feels weird to let someone into my most personal thoughts. I'm not sure if the internet was different back then (it was) or if I was just a teen/young adult with no filter (I was). I don't particularly enjoy writing so I feel like I would be judged on the structure of my blog & the boring contents within (Spoiler: I don't have much of a life)

Sometimes I hit the randomize button here on DW and read the journals that pop up and it takes me back to those days. If you get a follow from me, that's probably why.