Refugees from other social media platforms, talking about games and geekery.
Four Years of Thought
Four Years of Thought
This is going to be a bit of an odd video this morning, and largely one without any screenshots. There has been a side project that I have been working on for some reason. Like I am not purposefully being vague, but more that I am not entirely certain why I started down this path or what exactly has kept me going.
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Been going through my blog for a project during the "prolific era" of 2013 to 2016... and had some thoughts force their way into my head.




I fell away from blogging and I'm not entirely sure why. For me, Gamergate wasn't an issue because, by that time, I was already in retreat mode. But, I certainly saw the effects that it had on the community and it was not something that I liked.
I think I tapered off because blogging started to feel less like fun and more like work. I found that I was starting to feel like I had to make posts that held some kind of concrete, substantial....oomph...rather than just blurting whatever joyful, gaming non-sense came to mind. (And I am an expert at joyful blurting, let me tell ya. Professional.)
I'm not even sure why I started to feel that way, either. I can't look back and say, "Yup. This was the transition point." It just sort of...happened.
I never blogged in the first place, I did read them just never wrote anything myself. I appreciate that some people still do.
Same, I've tried starting to blog a few times over my life, and I find it turns into more of a chore than the outlet it started as.
Personally, I don't think I've ever engaged on someone else's blog. Mainly because managing different accounts, for different things, was more hassle than it was worth for me. I think that's one of the things I'm really enjoying about Imzy. I can have a gamer profile, which is different than ones that I use for mental health discussions, or my local city.