Y'know, after I wrote this I thought about the type of person who prefers Facebook over LJ and it all boils down to the "Like" button. LJ is great for writing stuf out just for yourself and then when people comment on it you get a warm feeling of "Oh somebody else likes this" and you get a conversation going. Facebook, though, has the "Like" button which is the Polite Grin of The Internet. It lets the reader say "I see what you did there and I approve" without having to actually "say" anything, and it lets the writer know that somebody saw what you said and approved of it.

LJ occasionally feels so lonely when nobody comments...