I was thinking about that as I wrote, actually. I remember when LJ was younger, when I'd refresh my friends page multiple times and hour, and be sad if I got nothing. I remember joining more communities because I always wanted something to read.

It feels healthier to me, because the load is so small (Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr have algorithmic feed ordering based around the assumption that you couldn't possibly read all the content to which you're subscribed). And it feels healthier to me because you have to create some content, really, to get one of the forms of feedback, so in creating and consuming content there's more brain activity happening than just the way so many of us read the infinite feed sites: scroll, scroll, scroll, like, scroll, share, share, quote tweet, scroll. (Often never opening the article before liking or sharing!)

But I Am Not A Scientist, and it could just feel healthier to me because I want it to. (And agreed; with a Tumblr or Twitter amount of content the platform would cause the same problems.)