Say Something Good About ILX

apart from that, ILX rocketh - it's like the ally's ass i never had, the toms beard that neevr was, the fites, the doom, the fucking royal tennabaums - it's my life, it's my wife, it's my conxion with humanity each day as i quiver before the demons in my own head...i often hate it, but it makes sense, it reminds me of why we live.

just want to say that i have been enjoying ilx immensely this year

thanks ilx, thanks ilx users

thanks mainly to keith and stet, ilx has the most streamlined and useful interface of any discussion board on the entire web. anyone can quickly and simply learn how to engage with ilx inside of a minute. unless perhaps you are crimson hexagon (<- can never recall how this name was googleproofed).

yes, even allowing for the obvious reasons why most of the internet doesn't look like ilx, it still seems somewhat surprising that almost none of the internet resembles it

Even MetaFilter has favorites and colors.

ilx is not-for-profit. ilx only cares if you have something to say and if you do, you belong here.

I can't believe I've been on ilx for over a decade. It must be OK.

ilx is a really quick and easy way to make your screen bright if your girlfriend is applying nail varnish in the dark and you can't be bothered to get up and turn the light on

xposted from Say something nice about another ILXor and why because this thread is too short. There is and was a lot wrong with ILX but there is a lot to love in its structure in 2019 -- beyond the content.

I'd like to say something nice that is more generally about ILX:
When I get the urge to engage in conversation (specifically online in lieu of an IRL option), I strongly prefer to have a conversational group of people who might care about what I have to say. The way ILX is structured, I can choose to share my thoughts/questions (at any time of day or night!) about a specific topic with other people interested in that topic who ostensibly read/ post on the thread because they also have an interest in the topic. Then I potentially (ideally) avoid 1) annoying/inciting the "rage" of other people by yammering to people who don't care and 2) can learn from others interested in the topic 3) post in several different threads without feeling like I am yammering in a manner coherent to myself alone, as I would if I were to share my thoughts on twitter, for example.

There's no Me Feed here unless someone specifically searches for posts by a specific user (right?). I realize that hashtags function in this way for some people, but I like the general environment of ILX because I am free from my own image, free from my public-facing identity, and yet also hopefully at least somewhat known to people on account of having been here for a while (since 2005?!) and having met/enjoyed quality hangs with a number of you irl (and online!)

So thanks ILX, you have weathered the social media storm and come out ahead in a number of ways. You are not perfect and you have had many bouts of being unwell as a space for my preferred variety of nonconfrontational conversation, you are still here and have the above-mentioned attributes to your favor. This post is not about me; it is about appreciating the longevity and specificity of our old pal. ILX. *toast*

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, August 1, 2019 4:03 PM (three minutes ago)

love ilx

LL otm

good post

ILILX 😀

Indeed!

*raises glass*

ilx is good and i hope some day to start posting

OTM, LL

Huge fan of ILX despite all my embarrassing dipshitty posts

What's not to like?