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

[wildfeathers.livejournal.com]

I agree with you! the heart is okay with some entries but definitely not long serious ones. I didn't see this coming! LJ is becoming lots more like anything else.

I even think the thumbs up on facebook can be used wrongly. Like I sometimes see people like sad articles. I never understood why....

[erychan86.livejournal.com]

They finally put different options on facebook... But I think that the "likes" nowadays are ways to say "I read it/I saw its anyway wrong...