Yeah, I see what you're saying about having filters for the different ways in which you interact with people. My problem has been lately that I have trouble distinguishing. I started the journal to be fannish--even if not about Jossverse specifically, to do things like meta and have lively and/or intelligent discussion. But I've found that a few of the people I've met through that are really people I consider friends, and I find that I care about many of the other people I've met, or am at least interested in them. And even the people I consider friends I still talk about MOSTLY fannish stuff with. Anyway, I was going somewhere with this, but I forgot where.

I still tend to friend most people back when they leave a comment, and most the time even when they don't. Part of it is massive arrogance--if they're somehow interested in me they must have good taste, and perhaps other good qualities follow? Seriously, that's part of what goes through my head.

Does all of this make me a bitch?

No. Well, to some extent this was my question. From what I understand, some people think there's something...deceptive? immoral? unfair? unkind? in filtering flists, and something underhanded or sinister or cowardly in filtering posts. It just doesn't strike me that way at all. Frankly, if you don't want to see it, I don't want you to look at it, and if someone else doesn't want me to see something, I don't want to see it either.