Toivo's Thoughts

So it's been 5 years since I last posted here. I really miss LiveJournal, and am trying to find an alternative to Facebook.

• Discord: I have dozens of servers, with tons of channels, and no good way to "catch up" on anything. I am totally unable to engage in asynchronous discourse there, or find information. Also using it to post photos or such doesn't really appear to be a good fit. Also I am completely losing track of who's who as the handles change by server and mood of the people.
• Instagram: Same authoritarian bootlicker Zuckstuff. Anyways, privacy is there, and it actually supports (albeit a bit poorly) HDR content. However, no galleries, no good way to organise images, And, well, it's for posting images, not essays or articles or reviews or whatnot.
• Mastodon: Cool, but all public. Also no galleries or such for images.
• BlueSky: All public, and limits post lengths.
• Retro.app: no web or client app at all. Only cell phones.
• X: Lolno.
• Dreamwidth: Formatting! Good for long form! Great threaded discussion (if I found anyone to engage with). Great privacy controls. Just tried to add a photo to this post, and... no. You have to upload an image somewhere, and only then can you embed it into your post. Just like 2005. And apparently the site just bugs out of you try to upload an .AVIF.

What I also want and Dreamwidth does do is: I want to see ALL of the posts my friends make, and in chronological order. I don't want algorithms or sampling. And I don't want posts I didn't subscribe to.

 

Let's see if I can embed Flickr images instead. Kwai Chai Hong in Kuala Lumpur.