Why Did You Join FanLib?

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

A discussion invitation to anyone who is, or was, a FanLib member. Because I'm curious. Please include:

How you learned about FanLib [email invite or other]

Promotions or contests you found attractive

Impressions of site: ease of use, search functions, etc.

EDIT: I'm a FanLib name squatter, by the way.

Comments

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

Name squatter, reporting.

Seriously, whoever compared it to MySpace and FaceBook - my thoughts exactly, and even worse, these sites do attract teens and such.

In fact, it's very interesting to me that my classmates (yeah, I'm a teenager) cannot live without their MySpace/FaceBook/Whatever their big one of the day is, but half of them have never heard of LJ and the ones who do don't understand how it could possibly be a form of social networking.

[scifiroots.livejournal.com]

Isn't that interesting? I love LJ with a passion. I think the communities are wonderfully varied, easy to use, and well, the site in general is flexible and easy. I absolutely rufuse to touch MySpace and I rarely use Facebook except to be reached by other friends while at college for events and sharing photos. / tracking people to be able to contact them. But yeah, LJ is my "social network". =)