I use bookmarks to note fics or essays that I want to come back and read later.
I don't use filters, that would be too confusing. I try to keep my flist small, and instead just bookmark fics I'd like to read from people that aren't on my flist. If I see something that looks interesting on the su_herald, or a rec from someone on my flist, then I bookmark it for later. Sometimes my bookmarks are longer than my flist!
I'll add my recommendation for Semagic to those you've already received.
Flocking -- I do use it primarily if I mention family matters that pertain to those outside my immediate family. My husband knows about my LJ, but my parents, brother, etc. do not. Also, I flock if I mention DI and the kids I work with in my LJ. I try not to mention any details about them even if I do flock. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but if you want to be careful there is a toggle button you can switch on in your LJ info that is supposed to deter web crawlers and such from doing searches on your LJ. I've done that because I don't want Google and the like to find any info about me that way. I'm not sure how effective this is.
And oh boy, isn't that whole friending/defriending thing a can of worms? For the longest time I didn't even notice it because I never checked my User Info page. People could have been friending and defriending me in droves and it wouldn't have made one bit of difference to me. I could not figure out what all the hoo-ha was about. It wasn't until I made some fiddling change to my settings that I noticed the list and said, "Ohhhh! That's how you know!" I still wish it was much more low-key than it is.
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I use bookmarks to note fics or essays that I want to come back and read later.
I don't use filters, that would be too confusing. I try to keep my flist small, and instead just bookmark fics I'd like to read from people that aren't on my flist. If I see something that looks interesting on the
I'll add my recommendation for Semagic to those you've already received.
Flocking -- I do use it primarily if I mention family matters that pertain to those outside my immediate family. My husband knows about my LJ, but my parents, brother, etc. do not. Also, I flock if I mention DI and the kids I work with in my LJ. I try not to mention any details about them even if I do flock. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but if you want to be careful there is a toggle button you can switch on in your LJ info that is supposed to deter web crawlers and such from doing searches on your LJ. I've done that because I don't want Google and the like to find any info about me that way. I'm not sure how effective this is.
And oh boy, isn't that whole friending/defriending thing a can of worms? For the longest time I didn't even notice it because I never checked my User Info page. People could have been friending and defriending me in droves and it wouldn't have made one bit of difference to me. I could not figure out what all the hoo-ha was about. It wasn't until I made some fiddling change to my settings that I noticed the list and said, "Ohhhh! That's how you know!" I still wish it was much more low-key than it is.