The Friday Five

The preceding two weeks of Friday Five questions didn't pique my interest, but this week's are great. Love a bit of meta-blogging. Thank you for the opportunity to navel-gaze.

1. What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?
   
   I started off on LJ in 2001 because everyone was doing it. I created an account and then let it sit for a couple of weeks while I figured out what it was for. I think it was victorine who prodded me into posting regularly and then I just…never stopped.
   
   
2. How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?
   
   A few dozen in total. Most of them are dead, the LJ communities in particular. The only one I participate in regularly is DW community awesomeers, because I'm one of the two people who puts up the daily “Just One Thing” posts. I find it easier to write a short comment about my day there than to write up a full post, especially during the work week.
   
   
3. Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?
   
   See above. I also enjoy thefridayfive, and I like reading threeforthememories during its annual spate of activity.
   
   
4. How did you pick your user name?
   
   My current username is a play on my actual name. My original LJ name was “lilith” as that's the pseudonym I first adopted when I started interacting with online communities back in the 90s. Eventually I felt I'd outgrown it, and I've been nanila ever since.
   
   
5. If you could change your user name, would you?
   
   That would genuinely be a big decision after more than 15 years of using this one, in a lot more places than DW and LJ. I'd have to do substantive additional navel-gazing to work out what it would be.