getting tired of OD already

FaceBook can be useful, but it is very different from OD. OD is a great place to just jot down your thoughts/diary entries and choose how many can read it. FB isn’t for entries like that. I love OD because I can keep it to where FB users don’t have access to my personal entries, they just can keep up with what’s new (namely pictures)

Aww!!! Don’t give up on OD just yet. You get out of it what you put into it. Have you been reading random peoples diaries? Do you leave them notes and let them know that you’re reading. I know we don’t always like to do that…but sometimes when I leave notes, I leave an open invitation for them to feel free to read my diary. But I also just come here to write in general (not so much under this diary name). I’ve had those slumps before…early on when I joined OD many many many years ago when I wanted more readers and more OD friends. Once I finally got over that and just started writing for myself (which was initially my whole point), I found myself more interesting…I wrote more. This caught the eyes of friends that have stuck around ever since. People don’t necessarily know what they’re missing out on yet. MAKE THEM SEE. 🙂 xoxo

Hang in there for a while and give OD a chance. Just as in real life, it takes time to meet new people and for them to become your friends. Take care 🙂

I came here ten years ago next week. For the first month or so I had one noter and friend, who came here with me from another journaling site. It took a while to increase my following, because here, friendships form over time. It’s not like going down to the coffee shop and meeting new people. Over the years I have made many real, good friendships here and have met several of them in person. This place is not instant coffee, it’s a fine, tenderly brewed mixture. Many friends can be found through our notes to our present friends and readers. When you make an entry, it may appear on the OD front page for a few minutes and be seen by several people, but unless the beginning of an entry does not spike an interest, it goes unread. How many of us, who have come here, have you noted? To make friends here, one must join the converstaion. I’m hoping you will give it more time than you have. I also might add that this is not twitter, it is not myspace or facebook where short blasts of text gain large audiences. It’s a journal site and journals are what most of us are interested in. From those we pick our friends. Be well and good luck.

I went back to look at what you’ve been writing. Three or four entries on snow, some requests for help, most entries are one or two lines and the longest is just over seven lines. And there’s not much there about you. If you want people to be interested in reading you, give them something to read. Also you mentioned not having a photo of you to place here. It doesn’t have to be of you; itcould be something that interests you or with which you identify. I went years with a photo of a wolf I took. If you click on Help in the top menu, you can get help in doing what you want here. I also noticed you have only one other journal (Willy & Wilma) in your Bookmarks. The best way to find friends here is to go out and find them and tell them about you. I also noticed you list no interests. Joining an interest group could also get you some readers. It’s not like hanging out you shingle and hoping customers will come. You have to advertise. Most journalists have jobs, children, spouses and responsibilities away form here and they don’t have time to stroll around looking for new friends.

If you allowed private notes, I’d say these things privately. I hate to keep harping about this, but you have notes from more journalists than days you have been here. I didn’t come close to that. But how many have you bothered to note back? It’s a two-way converstaion here. I am trying to help you discover what this place really is. Be well.

It took me a year or more to develop friendships here. It doesn’t happen overnight. I see that you have never bothered to make me one of your Bookmarks…

Hope you don’t give up on OD already. It just takes a little time for others to meet you, but in time you’ll find you have more friends than you can keep up with…