rowanberry | Here I go again

I've been thinking a lot recently about how withdrawal is ineffective as a means of challenging something you don't like. While it's not always a hard and fast truth, there is something in it. And it woke something dormant in me that has spent years disengaging, years isolating myself piece by technological piece as I shut down account after account in favour of a quiet, disconnected existence. I still prefer that for sure, but something is sparking again that makes me want to engage - just a bit - want to talk to people and communicate and share and receive. I never liked much social media but I did love livejournal back before it was shit, so here I am, trying afresh, with something livejournal-like only without the wankery. I want to re-engage, but I don't want to subscribe to big conglomerate companies with data drama or enormous userbases that feel too much like getting lost in a crowd. Dreamwidth feels a lot homier. More peaceful.