LJ?

[ironphoenix]

I've stuck with LJ for a lot of years now; I don't really do much on GooglePlus or LinkedIn, and I'm not even on FaceBook, Tumblr, or Twitter. Yesterday was the Church's " 48th World Day of Social Communications", celebrated on the occasion of the memorial of St. Francis of Sales, patron saint of communicators. Pope Francis' message has a paragraph which expresses what I want to see more of again here in LJ-land:

It is not enough to be passers-by on the digital highways, simply 'connected'; connections need to grow into true encounters. We cannot live apart, closed in on ourselves. We need to love and to be loved. We need tenderness. Media strategies do not ensure beauty, goodness and truth in communication. The world of media also has to be concerned with humanity, it too is called to show tenderness. The digital world can be an environment rich in humanity; a network not of wires but of people. The impartiality of media is merely an appearance; only those who go out of themselves in their communication can become a true point of reference for others. Personal engagement is the basis of the trustworthiness of a communicator.

Most social media encourage shallowness; I hope to keep more depth here.

Comments

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

I've had a LinkedIn account for a while, but it really doesn't seem to be terribly useful for much... it feels like a business card swapping party with no real engagement.

I've never been a big note-taker or diary-keeper, so regular blogging doesn't come naturally to me. The consistent absence of visible response here to the reflections I post is also a bit discouraging, although I know that some of that is likely due to the fact that most of my connections on here are uneasy about discussing Christianity in that context for lack of shared basis.

[xiphia.livejournal.com]

Some of us also don't like replying to public posts. :p

Yeah I have issues with religion. I have a lot of respect for the current pope though.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the whole public vs. private question is one I ponder pretty much every time I post something, even a games day announcement.

I like this pope, and I am heartened by the fact that even with a very conservative-seeming College of Cardinals, he was nevertheless elected.