Testing...who is here?

[peacetraveler22]

Sometimes you write a post, and the words are like a huge echo. You have no idea where the words travel, who hears their tone, or in what country the human reading them is located. So, this post is just a short test to check blog traffic, and see who is still visiting LJ during the long holiday in Russia.

I can't imagine having so many days off in a row, as it is unheard of in the USA unless you are taking personal vacation. The country simply would not shut down for two weeks. I was off for too many days the past month because my office was empty, with no work to do. I almost went insane from idleness, but got to see some films in the cinema - the children's movie "Sing," "Passengers", and a very good and touching movie called "Manchester by the Sea." Plus, tons of old films on Netflix. :)

Who is here? :) Also, how many of you have heard of Dreamwidth.org? This is another blogging platform, with an interface similar to LJ. I am thinking about cross-posting there, as there is a mix of both Russian and English language blogs, in an effort to draw new readers and commentators to the blog. I want to continue to publish posts about my journey to the tiny gem called Georgia, but only if there are people to view the words and photos, to absorb the stories, and somehow find meaning, pleasure, or even aggravation in them.

Happy New Year dear readers! I hope 2017 is a good one...

Comments

[vitsky.livejournal.com]

I am here. Happy New Year! :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! :) What other blogging platforms do you read, where there are multi-language users?

[elinelisky.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year dear Shannon!
I have account at Dreamwidth from last week to reading there too.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Great! Many readers recently told me about Dreamwidth. The interface is compatible with LJ, and it seems there are a lot of overlapping readers from LJ and this platform. The advantage for me is that there are also a lot of English language blogs there, and my audience here on LJ is composed entirely of native Russian speakers. I love them, but diversity in opinion and thought is always welcome here! Plus, people will not yell at me for writing in my native language. :))

[dorli87.livejournal.com]

Hi))
Happy New Year!!!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hello! Welcome to 2017! I hope it bring forward progress, not destruction and devastation. :))

[fesma94.livejournal.com]

Hi darling ! I still oldtimer and read LJ but when I home ! It's not so comfortably to read blogs posts via smartphone screen . So please continue to announce about your posts in FB !

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

The technology on this platform really sucks and is shameful, as Russia is full of talented programmers and tech folks. Or, perhaps they have all come to the USA or Europe to work. :)) Every Russian person I know in the U.S. works in this field. I really hate the mobile version of LJ, and the fact that you cannot easily insert pics or .jpgs into comments, without using HTML language, or storing photos on a third-party site. I will continue to cross-post links on FB, and I write there much more frequently now than in the blog.

[skomoroh-roker.livejournal.com]

here
but we don't have the holidays.
dreamwidth is not very popular here

P/S
we're surprised with western "Christmas week" too. Nobody is working for 1.5 weeks, nothing is happenning...

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

That's right! Many people take personal vacation days during the last few weeks of the year, and this year our holidays like Christmas and New Year's fell on a weekend. This was good, as it gave most people four day weekends, on two consecutive weeks. I have mostly European clients, and it seems the entire continent shuts down from December - January and August - September. :) Absolutely no email communications, orders for new work - just silence. :)

[mybathroom.livejournal.com]

Hi Shannon! I'm here working, listening music, meeting with my friends and relatives and waiting your posts )

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hi! Enjoy your days off and time with friends and family!

[anna-sollanna.livejournal.com]

I am here. Today is a working day in Poland ))) (Though not everyone has returned from vacations because this Friday is the last holiday in the row of winter ones )))

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Why is there a holiday this Friday? What is the celebration or observance for? I just returned to work yesterday. :)

[leo y (from livejournal.com)]

Hello Shannon, I am still here. New Jersey. As for other media, I am on linked-in and still have my odnoklassniki account although I hardly ever use it. And no facebook, instagram, or twitter:)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Greetings to New Jersey! :) Never heard of odnoklassniki...

[pinkjackal.livejournal.com]

Many (most of?) people don't read blogs directly on the platform, but use RSS/Atom readers instead. And for those people it really doesn't matter which platform do you use - they read your posts in their lovely RSS aggregator/reader.
Significant amount of authors I read moved to Dreamwidth from LJ after the latter moved its servers to Russia.
Bottom word: seems you're free of choosing Dreamwidth or any other platform you feel comfortable with, and it won't make any issues to your readers in case if you flagged that you moved to the new address.
But keep posting - I'm one of your silent readers ;)

[pinkjackal.livejournal.com]

...and again, it is usually possible to make 'cross-posts' from new platform to the old one - for those conservative people who don't want to read you on the new address.

[mat-uc.livejournal.com]

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

What a disturbing video! I hate clowns, and find them very creepy. I've been petrified of them since childhood. :))

[yoshi-stan.livejournal.com]

Hi Shannon!
I'm here and, btw, have an account on dreamnwidth. Crossposting between LJ and Dreamwidth is pretty easy :)

Happy New year!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hi! :) Are you a new reader? I don't recognize your username, or avatar. Why is the animal on the avatar so sad? :)) I think I will create an account on Dreamwidth this weekend, and try to figure out the platform. Happy New Year to you also!

[no-xit.livejournal.com]

Lipetsk is here. I've found another platform like this - medium.com/. Did you know about it?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've heard of medium.com, but it appears there are mostly English language writers there. I want something more "multi-cultural," as I like to communicate with people from far away, foreign lands with a lot of non-Western type of thinking, stories and users. Helps expand the mind. :))

[poll59.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year dear Shannon!!!
I`m here too

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

It seems many people are still here, this is good! Happy New Year! :)

[justadreamer.livejournal.com]

Hi Shannon, Happy New Year!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Greetings from Virginia! I hope you accomplish all of your goals and that 2017 brings you much peace, happiness and pleasure!

[pin-gwin.livejournal.com]

Happy Everything to You!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have started the New Year in a bit of a bad mood, with irritation. But hopefully this will soon pass...

[mb-b.livejournal.com]

Hi -- I'm still around (but fortunately I'm not in Russia. Or, to word it differently, I'm STILL around BECAUSE I'm not in Russia... and in my case there's a greater truth in this statement.) Like many others, I have just duplicated my LJ account on Dreamwidth. Just got a letter from them saying they have some 100,000 new members from RU and UA -- thanks to the KGB. There's one glitch though: I couldn't figure out a way to have it automatically duplicate there any my new entries in LJ. Any setting I missed? I could only do it manually, i.e. after posting to LJ go over to Dreamwidth and play around there...
Anyway, happy New Year! (Your post sort of implies you only do your blogging while in the office... Good work! Same here.)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I haven't even attempted to navigate Dreamwidth, as I only heard of it last week when a reader told me about it. However, it's good to know there is a huge influx of users there, and it motivates me to cross-post on the platform. I usually write travel posts at home, but short posts like this can easily be composed at work. And, of course, I like to communicate with readers in real time, so I'm often responding to comments during work hours due to the nine hour time difference between me and most readers. Plus, my work is very, very slow now. So, I have idle time while sitting at my desk...:)

[irisha8787.livejournal.com]

Hi! I am here, but I am in Portland.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hello! Maybe I will finally make it to Oregon this year. :)

[faultier-sp.livejournal.com]

Here.
I am self-employed, so I don't really have free, but these days I try to watch as much Netflix as I can. :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Great! I often think about all the benefits of being self-employed, but there are many negatives also. That is why I still work in a huge law firm, rather than being a solo practitioner.

[buddhistmind.livejournal.com]

Always !
Prolly gonna double myself to/on/at the Dream as well.

Happy New Year !

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hi! :) Nice to hear from you again...Happy New Year!

[agathpher.livejournal.com]

Keep going, Shannon, this cesspool of LJ needs positive people like you.

And Happy New Year from rainy these days California :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Cesspool is an understatement! That is why I don't have much motivation to write here anymore, but I still try to generate content on occasion. :) We also have very rainy weather in Virginia the past few days.

[ria9.livejournal.com]

i.m here. read only lj

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog. :)

[morreth.livejournal.com]

I moved to the Dreamwidth, but my postings are translated here.
(I felt a bit awkward when you befriended me, because I write mostly in Ukrainian now)

Happy New Year!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

It does not matter in what language you write. :) I am reading many foreign language blogs through Google translate, including Russian blogs here on LJ. I am not fluent in the language, and have almost forgotten it entirely.

[solarlarisa.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!
I am here. Read only LJ.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Thank you for making your presence known. :) Happy New Year!

[kremlin-curant.livejournal.com]

I'm still here. Waiting for your posts.
See you on Dreamwidth also.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I will announce the page if I build a profile on Dreamwidth. Thanks for bringing this platform to my attention!

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

Hello there

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Hello! Hope you had a nice holiday, and best wishes for the new year! :)