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As you know, I've been doing the 101 Projects in 1001 Days challenge. I'm also working on how to say it/type it correctly the first time and not flip the numbers.
The challenge itself is a great idea. I'm way behind on it, but I do like how it's at least made me make plans for doing things I've always talked about doing yet somehow never done.
My problem? The comm itself.
First, it's spammy as hell. It's a huge comm and there are over two thousand members. Right now, mission101_2009 has 5 of the last 20 entries on my FList. The only reason it's less is fanfictrants and that it's a slow day. Sometimes, it makes up more than half of the latest updates.
Second, a good number of posters do not get the concept of LJ cuts or overall good manners. Today, I found this post, featuring a Tasmanian devil with a facial cancer that was not under an LJ cut. And while it didn't gross me out, it was gross. Between the long blocks of text and the potentially offensive things with no cut, it's getting really annoying. On the flip side, there are the people who post the entire thing under a cut without any descriptive text, so I can't see if it's worth clicking on the link or not.
And yes, I realize there's the option of not watching the comm or taking it off my default list, but then what's the point in being in the comm?
The picture really has me steamed, because very few things make me more frustrated than when someone graphically describes their "worthy cause" to guilt everyone into supporting it, because how can you see/hear about it and not do something?
The challenge itself is a great idea. I'm way behind on it, but I do like how it's at least made me make plans for doing things I've always talked about doing yet somehow never done.
My problem? The comm itself.
First, it's spammy as hell. It's a huge comm and there are over two thousand members. Right now, mission101_2009 has 5 of the last 20 entries on my FList. The only reason it's less is fanfictrants and that it's a slow day. Sometimes, it makes up more than half of the latest updates.
Second, a good number of posters do not get the concept of LJ cuts or overall good manners. Today, I found this post, featuring a Tasmanian devil with a facial cancer that was not under an LJ cut. And while it didn't gross me out, it was gross. Between the long blocks of text and the potentially offensive things with no cut, it's getting really annoying. On the flip side, there are the people who post the entire thing under a cut without any descriptive text, so I can't see if it's worth clicking on the link or not.
And yes, I realize there's the option of not watching the comm or taking it off my default list, but then what's the point in being in the comm?
The picture really has me steamed, because very few things make me more frustrated than when someone graphically describes their "worthy cause" to guilt everyone into supporting it, because how can you see/hear about it and not do something?