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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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Well, I finally just created a bookmarks folder for everything. Stuff to read leater, stuff to rec later, stuff to comment on later. Okay, and when rl gets too busy I never get around to revisit them and delete everything unseen, but normally the system works.
G.
Ah, the friends feature, neverending source of Angst. I don't know if it would be this emotionally laden if it was called diffently. It's a really unfortunate choice of word.
When I got my journal new, I was just happily friending and unfriending whatever crossed my path. Some journals, five times or so. Then I found out that's it apparently A Huge Thing. But now I'm more or less back to treating it like like a better bookmarks folder, and it's quite freeing.
I mean, I just don't want to read journals when I'm not interested in the content, it's not personal so why all the Angst. I have a handful of people who I talk to quite a bit, and I'd probably be upset if one of them unfriended, and I'd send a tear-filled email of, "Was it something I wrote?" But otherwise, nah.
E.
I don't like the thought of filtering myself, but I can understand if those with the over-100 flists are doing it. Also, I don't even know how to do a filter.
S.
Locked posts, no problem. What annoys me are locked journals. Okay, I totally get why people would lock their journals, but this "Comment if you want to be added"? I don't know if I want to read their journal if I can't read their journal. I did that just once. Commented, got added, journal had nothing of interest for me. Haven't done it since.
I never use the rich text thing, because then I forget how to do the codes. Hey, after a few years of posting on lj, I finally don't have to look up my a href's and img src's any more :). It's like when I had a digital watch... I swear, I almost de-learned reading the traditional one. I had to stare at it for a few seconds and wonder which finger was pointing where. So, no digital watches and rich text editors for me ;) (Oh, but I use the editor for colours, because I'm also lazy.)
I'm getting OGES.
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Ah, the friends feature, neverending source of Angst. I don't know if it would be this emotionally laden if it was called diffently. It's a really unfortunate choice of word.
I don't know though. I mean, sure, it's a loaded word, but even if it wasn't called "friends", adding someone would mean "I want to read you" and taking someone off would mean "I'm no longer interested in you." And even though I really do view my list as a reading list, I think there would still be a strange feeling attached to it.
Then I found out that's it apparently A Huge Thing.
What's funny is when I first got on lj I was very uncomfortable "friending" people without...building a relationship with them first. But as I went on, I was like dude, it's not about friends, it's about what I want to read! And then it was fine. But then, when I started to really care for some people on the list, it got all weird again...because some people I do consider friends, some people just friendly acquaintances...and some people not friendly at all; I'm just interested in what they have to say in a fannish or intellectual capacity. So my arc of feeling toward my list is the opposite of yours...awkward to comfortable to awkward again.
What annoys me are locked journals. Okay, I totally get why people would lock their journals, but this "Comment if you want to be added"? I don't know if I want to read their journal if I can't read their journal.
Yeah, I've never really been interested in people who have locked journals. Well, actually, one--I got to know her through her comments, and enjoyed what she had to say, and so friended her, and eventually she friended me back and I could see her locked posts. But I've noticed that a lot of people with flocked journals don't comment elsewhere, so I never get to know them, so why bother trying to get in their journals?
I finally don't have to look up my a href's and img src's any more
Ha! I totally still need to look up img src...I usually type scr! But yeah, the color is so much easier on the rich text thing. I'm using semagic now, which has buttons like the rich text editor, but when you click on them it inserts the code into your text window so you CAN deal with the code by hand if you'd like. I love it!!!!