speaking of lj, is there a way to mark posts on your friends page?
I do a quick scroll, tabbing, as I go along, everything I might want to respond to shortly. Firefox is love. I have a bookmark folder for "pending" fic and meta that I don't want sitting on a tab but intend to get back to within a couple days/weeks.
I fancy that the way I use the ole flist is logical; I use it as a reading list. But I'm starting to realize that the way I FEEL about it (and the way I feel about those of others) is still strangely emotional and sensitive, as objective as I've always tried to be about it.
The endless debate. I think calling it a "friends list" does tend to promote a cosier, kinder atmosphere (not guaranteed, natch. hahah.). But though my flist is full of people I admire, there are well under twenty (RL included) with whom I feel any sort of substantial connection. And there are definitely people on there who, if they've noticed me at all, are thinking, "Who the hell is she?"
what're y'all's thoughts about filtering the flist posts that you read?
Complicated. Like every newbie, I think, I initially friended everybody back. I recently started filtering, because the numbers are creeping up, and I'm busy. It makes me feel vaguely dishonest, but, frex, what would I do about the several people I really value, but who spam like crazy? I don't want to chuck them.
I'm also wondering about locked posts
I've only locked a couple times, when I wanted to fume and ask for advice about a potentially identifiable boy. I don't post a lot of intimate airings of my mental state or daily life, period -- my laundry is not for the world to see -- but at the same time, I do love to tell the funny anecdotes about my family, and post pictures at everybody's expense. Comedy is for sharing. I want to teach in a few years, though, so I may at some point decide it prudent to lock the photos and remove all markers that, if you're paying attention over time, indicate where I am and why. A few months ago I asked, out of curiosity, what people knew or guessed about me. Nobody came back with a satellite photo or my SSN.
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I do a quick scroll, tabbing, as I go along, everything I might want to respond to shortly. Firefox is love. I have a bookmark folder for "pending" fic and meta that I don't want sitting on a tab but intend to get back to within a couple days/weeks.
I fancy that the way I use the ole flist is logical; I use it as a reading list. But I'm starting to realize that the way I FEEL about it (and the way I feel about those of others) is still strangely emotional and sensitive, as objective as I've always tried to be about it.
The endless debate. I think calling it a "friends list" does tend to promote a cosier, kinder atmosphere (not guaranteed, natch. hahah.). But though my flist is full of people I admire, there are well under twenty (RL included) with whom I feel any sort of substantial connection. And there are definitely people on there who, if they've noticed me at all, are thinking, "Who the hell is she?"
what're y'all's thoughts about filtering the flist posts that you read?
Complicated. Like every newbie, I think, I initially friended everybody back. I recently started filtering, because the numbers are creeping up, and I'm busy. It makes me feel vaguely dishonest, but, frex, what would I do about the several people I really value, but who spam like crazy? I don't want to chuck them.
I'm also wondering about locked posts
I've only locked a couple times, when I wanted to fume and ask for advice about a potentially identifiable boy. I don't post a lot of intimate airings of my mental state or daily life, period -- my laundry is not for the world to see -- but at the same time, I do love to tell the funny anecdotes about my family, and post pictures at everybody's expense. Comedy is for sharing. I want to teach in a few years, though, so I may at some point decide it prudent to lock the photos and remove all markers that, if you're paying attention over time, indicate where I am and why. A few months ago I asked, out of curiosity, what people knew or guessed about me. Nobody came back with a satellite photo or my SSN.