Survey in Surveys

How long have you been on PB?
Since 2013.

Were you on OD, TOD, MDD, DE, LJ, or another journaling site before this?
Before and after I was on several different sites. Kiwibox, OD, MD, MDD, GoodNightJournal, DW, LJ, Blogger, Tumblr and more.

Did you use the same name on those sites?
Not always.

Do you write mostly Public, Friends Only, or Private entries?
Mostly public.

How many on your friends list?
8

How many are you a friend of?
17

How many are you following?
2

Do you have anyone blocked?
Yes.

Do you use the books feature?
Yes, I have 8 books right now.

How many entries have you written?
837. I have most of my entries grouped by the month here, but I actually have over 10K entries.

What is the date of your first entry?
October 27th, 1987.

How many comments have you received?
Can’t say for sure because I’ve deleted many entries, but I know it’s in the thousands.

How many comments have you sent?
That’s in the hundreds, I think.

Do you send private notes or public ones?
Depends on what I’m saying, but mostly public.

Are you close with a lot of people on PB? Or just a few?
I’m not close to anyone in particular at the moment, but there is someone I consider special here who isn’t chatty. I have a sort of silent bond with them where we care enough to see what’s going on in each other’s lives, but it’s still a quiet connection, as funny as that may sound. I value and appreciate it just the same. I feel like they know me almost as well as my deceased bestie did and that’s runner-up to my husband! They seem to get me, not judge me, and not care about the age difference either. In general, however, I’m not here for the people but because I love writing, backing things up, and the option of having separate books which I can’t find elsewhere.

Do you use other social media sites?
Facebook and Twitter. Sorry, but I’ll never call it X.

Do you add people from PB on other socials?
I used to many years ago but now I have a hard rule where I prefer to keep Facebook for people I’ve actually met in person.

Have you gotten to know any PB-er outside the site?
Yes, there are a few people here who have followed or joined me on other sites.

Have you met anyone from PB in real life?
No. They’re too far away.

Has PB been good for you?
Mostly, although I do get sick of the tech issues at times that seems to occur more here than other platforms I use.

Do you think you’ll ever leave PB or stop writing online at all?
I take breaks every now and then but I doubt I’ll ever leave it for good and I definitely doubt I’ll ever stop writing online.

If you had one thing left to say to everyone on PB, what would it be?
Non-alcoholic wine just isn’t the same as the real thing.