You're internet famous, hon. *G* If I seem a tad surprised that you comment on my LJ, it's because I'm totally not a BNF. People know who you are, and you have a gigantic friendslist. I, personally, am just not that interesting, and spend more time than should be necessary refraining from blathering on about bioremediation and hydrocarbon degraders. (I was actually having slightly more involved thoughts the other night, about internet fame and what makes a BNF, and all the reasons I will never be one. I think I'm actually okay in my corner, but that it neither here nor there.)
I do find that my experience has altered. When I first got my LJ (four years ago, OMG), I was part of a small, close fandom with a central chat channel most everyone visited. I was also in 16 and in retrospect, more emo than I might wish to recall. I knew everyone on my flist reasonably well. While I suppose I was even more of a chore to put up with then than I am now, *G*, I really do think that being surrounded by articulate people who conducted discourse at a higher level was helpful in my linguistic development.
I'm rather prone to fandom hopping now (in fact, I haven't really had a home fandom for a while now) and that's led to a rather piecemeal composition of my flist. I have a few people each from multiple fandoms, and I don't really do fannish squee, so there's less of an opening for an initial opening of communications.
I myself post comments less frequently than I used to -- I've be absolutely horrible as of late, if I'm going to be honest. I really hope that I'm not coming across as stand-offish myself. I've actually been worrying about it, but I just don't always have time to keep up with my flist. I know everyone else is busy too, so perhaps I just let myself become overwhelmed too easily.
If someone isn't commenting on my LJ, I assume that I'm simply not being interesting enough to nudge a response. I think it likely many others have similar thoughts -- not "OMFG, what a BITCH!"
I do flock more than I used to, simply because I'm following a very specialized educational path, and several of the groups and student groups I've mentioned involvement in have my real name and even phone number posted on a website by my permission. I'm afraid I'm rather easy to find.
(It seems I've posted much more than anyone else in this thread. Apologies. But, hey, I out wanked you.)
Seriously, anyone trying to make you feel guilty is not worth the time, though there's a difference between surprise and guilting someone. You're just -- cooler than the rest of us. Internet famous. Honest.
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I do find that my experience has altered. When I first got my LJ (four years ago, OMG), I was part of a small, close fandom with a central chat channel most everyone visited. I was also in 16 and in retrospect, more emo than I might wish to recall. I knew everyone on my flist reasonably well. While I suppose I was even more of a chore to put up with then than I am now, *G*, I really do think that being surrounded by articulate people who conducted discourse at a higher level was helpful in my linguistic development.
I'm rather prone to fandom hopping now (in fact, I haven't really had a home fandom for a while now) and that's led to a rather piecemeal composition of my flist. I have a few people each from multiple fandoms, and I don't really do fannish squee, so there's less of an opening for an initial opening of communications.
I myself post comments less frequently than I used to -- I've be absolutely horrible as of late, if I'm going to be honest. I really hope that I'm not coming across as stand-offish myself. I've actually been worrying about it, but I just don't always have time to keep up with my flist. I know everyone else is busy too, so perhaps I just let myself become overwhelmed too easily.
If someone isn't commenting on my LJ, I assume that I'm simply not being interesting enough to nudge a response. I think it likely many others have similar thoughts -- not "OMFG, what a BITCH!"
I do flock more than I used to, simply because I'm following a very specialized educational path, and several of the groups and student groups I've mentioned involvement in have my real name and even phone number posted on a website by my permission. I'm afraid I'm rather easy to find.
(It seems I've posted much more than anyone else in this thread. Apologies. But, hey, I out wanked you.)
Seriously, anyone trying to make you feel guilty is not worth the time, though there's a difference between surprise and guilting someone. You're just -- cooler than the rest of us. Internet famous. Honest.