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Dynamics of LJ
JB. I was going to say how much I loved lj's "save draft" thing for posts, but I retract because I lost half the post and apparently it wasn't saved.
O. speaking of lj, is there a way to mark posts on your friends page? I usually scan the list through to the last entry I read, taking note of the posts with fic, posts I want to read more thoroughly, and posts I want to reply to. Then sometime later when I feel like it I go back, but then I have to scroll so much and can't find/remember the things that were of particular interest. I'm a lazy bint who wants a system.
R. speaking of all that I don't know about lj, what's this "skip 20" or "skip 50" people sometimes mention as regards their friends pages?
G. speaking of "friends," that whole thing is distinctly odd. I mean, it's been said before, but I'll say it again. But even if the system wasn't called "friends", I think it would still have that weirdness attached to it. And I myself can't help feeling all weird about it. I fancy that the way I use the ole flist is objective; 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 *logical* as I've always tried to be about it.
E. speaking of that whole weirdness thing, what're y'all's thoughts about filtering the flist posts that you read? I know some people are way against it. I suppose others secretly do it. I personally feel like I would use them--not to completely knock anyone off and secretly not read them, but if I had a list I had trouble keeping up with, I'd probably have a filter for the people I'm most interested in, so if I'm really busy I can fly through very quickly. Then I'd have a filter for the others to zoom through periodically as well. Most of the time I'd just go through the whole list, but in really busy times it seems like the filter thing would be handy. It's not like I need it, though. I'm just wondering if there're angles of it I haven't considered. What do you do and how do you do it?
S. speaking of discussions about how you use your lj, I'm also wondering about locked posts. Some people are against using them. Some are against using them except for personal matters. Some seem to use them completely arbitrarily. Some, I guess, might use them for more...sinister reasons. And some feel the need to explain every time they flock. Anyway, I personally see nothing wrong with flocking something you're just not interested in discussing with everyone, either because you're feeling introverted or lazy, but again, I'm wondering if there're other things to consider? What do you do and how do you do it?
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O. speaking of lj, is there a way to mark posts on your friends page? I usually scan the list through to the last entry I read, taking note of the posts with fic, posts I want to read more thoroughly, and posts I want to reply to. Then sometime later when I feel like it I go back, but then I have to scroll so much and can't find/remember the things that were of particular interest. I'm a lazy bint who wants a system.
R. speaking of all that I don't know about lj, what's this "skip 20" or "skip 50" people sometimes mention as regards their friends pages?
G. speaking of "friends," that whole thing is distinctly odd. I mean, it's been said before, but I'll say it again. But even if the system wasn't called "friends", I think it would still have that weirdness attached to it. And I myself can't help feeling all weird about it. I fancy that the way I use the ole flist is objective; 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 *logical* as I've always tried to be about it.
E. speaking of that whole weirdness thing, what're y'all's thoughts about filtering the flist posts that you read? I know some people are way against it. I suppose others secretly do it. I personally feel like I would use them--not to completely knock anyone off and secretly not read them, but if I had a list I had trouble keeping up with, I'd probably have a filter for the people I'm most interested in, so if I'm really busy I can fly through very quickly. Then I'd have a filter for the others to zoom through periodically as well. Most of the time I'd just go through the whole list, but in really busy times it seems like the filter thing would be handy. It's not like I need it, though. I'm just wondering if there're angles of it I haven't considered. What do you do and how do you do it?
S. speaking of discussions about how you use your lj, I'm also wondering about locked posts. Some people are against using them. Some are against using them except for personal matters. Some seem to use them completely arbitrarily. Some, I guess, might use them for more...sinister reasons. And some feel the need to explain every time they flock. Anyway, I personally see nothing wrong with flocking something you're just not interested in discussing with everyone, either because you're feeling introverted or lazy, but again, I'm wondering if there're other things to consider? What do you do and how do you do it?
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I feel the need to point out that this isn't in response to anything--people are always trimming or locking or skipping or what have you. Actually, it is in response to something. 3 things, actually.
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imnotacommittee informed me that there's such a thing as a rich text editor for when you post. I had no idea. Beats the shit out of typing out all that freakin' code, and made me wonder what other little treats lj has I'm too lazy to suss out.2. I'm going to Austin tomorrow and will be gone for two days. I'm wondering what'll be up with the ole flist when I get back and how I'll ever manage.
3. Which really just made me wonder how everyone manages, and how all this crap works, and while everyone is always discussing it I'm interested in having stuff to discuss with everyone on my lj when I get back. Yay!
Look at the color of this text, yay!
P.S. I've discovered I hate the rich text thing. I've discovered that this post contains massive frippery and the title of the cut is misleading. It's much more difficult to edit such a thing when one is using this do-hickey. I throw up my hands I say, I throw up my...ouch, ceiling. And ew, throw up.
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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.
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Yeah--del.icio.us is great for quick and organized bookmarking, but I usually respond pretty quickly to the posts of interest on the flist so I don't actually want to bookmark them. I need to get Firefox. I didn't know it had tabs. My brother always said it was a better browser--everyone always said it's a better browser than IE--but I never saw why before.
It makes me feel vaguely dishonest
Apparently a lot of people feel this way. I don't get it. I guess because I don't feel like being on someone's flist means that person is reading me...so I have no compunction about not reading some people on my own list some of the time.
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 --
Me neither. But I was also going to say I didn't say many personal things at all, and then I realized I do sometimes, and then I realized even the things I think aren't personal at all kind of are. I think I try too hard sometimes to separate my personal/private issues from the world around me, because I don't want to share or worse, because I think other people don't want to know (worse because it makes me feel slightly conformist).
I guess one of my issues is that I feel a connection to almost everyone on my flist through our mutual fannishness, and even the people I consider real "friends" on lj are people with whom I still haven't actually shared much personal information--I just like talking to them about fannish stuff or meta or writing and feel a connection to them in that sense. And I guess my other issue is that most of my RL friends are people with whom I feel like I can't talk about things near and dear to my heart, like Buffy or writing or even abstract philosophically stuff like I can with some people I've met online. Omg, I'm whining. I think I try too hard to categorize and define things like friendship, which often defy definition.
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.
Ha, yeah I can see that. Would've seriously freaked me to find my teachers on lj. What are you thinking about teaching, English? At university?