The medium really IS the message sometimes

So today I ended up stumbling* over a tumblr of a fic writer who a decade ago was one of my fave fic writers (in a fandom I was in a decade ago) and I realized like, I still like them a lot parasocially and all, but in the old days I would check their LJ often, I would read their posts, sometimes comment, even outside of fic/fandom stuff.

And like, we've both drifted in different directions, I haven't read any of their fics in years and all, but also....I just stopped reading their stuff at some point after they switched permanently to tumblr. I totally understand why they (and a lot of people) made the switch, but it really is just the medium sometimes huh? Like I know I don't like tumblr as a medium in general, but it's a little surprising how even liking the person being the blog just doesn't balance out how I bounce hard off the site I guess.

*A dormant fandom whatsapp chat of all things lit up today and people were chatting about a fanartist I once messaged on tumblr so I went to tell said fanartist "hi, people still love your work!" because every creator deserves that message, and the Old Fandom Person tumblr popped up on the sidebar and I was like, huh, guess I can click on that.

Anyway I poked around and every post that was long and thoughtful and a bit too rambly for tumblr-style were still enjoyable but I think I'll log off tumblr anyway.