No, not here too!

[erychan86]

No LJ... WHY?

I don't know if you guys noticed but, LJ now gives you the option to leave a heart to an entry... You all know what it means... People will stop comment and just heart entries! I really don't like this because I like to have conversations with my friendlist, and I hope I'm not the only one feeling disappointed by this new addition!

I really don't understand the need for it! I understand it in socials like instagram, because you're saying you're liking that photo, but what about here? It doesn't make any sense... Here a post about my day and its ups and downs... heart... What does it mean? LJ is a place where we use words to espress ourselves and create a dialogue with other people... These hearts are not lovely, are a way to say "I read it, I'm not taking the time to write a comment, I have to do something else". This is very upsetting to me!

I wil heart entries, if there is something to heart (like a photo post or a video post) but I will always comment, because this is why I am here, to create a dialogue and get to know people! Basically hearts don't get us closer... They keep us apart!

This is how I feel about it.

P.S. I'm on my lady days so I feel pretty strong about a lot of things xD

Comments

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

I strongly disagree with this too! It is not part of LJ culture at all. We read here - it's not just peep-and-scroll.

I can't see the heart yet though. I wonder if it's because I'm still using a very old version of LJ or if they are rolling it out gradually.

[erychan86.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on the layout... On the feed page - with the classic layout - you can see them! My layout doesn't show them luckily, but soon they'll get here too :(

LJ is all about having a dialogue with people... These "likes" mean nothing!

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

Bugger. Well, I intend to ignore it then! Because you're absolutely spot on - it's about a dialogue. This defeats the purpose of why we're here.