Thank You
I'm touched, overwhelmed, and thoroughly heartwarmed by the stories you all shared on my last entry. I want to respond to several of them, but my energy is still at a very low ebb, so please be patient.
Oh, and this: I'm very fond of Livejournal. I like the interface; I like the communities; I like the people. Folks have suggested that I switch to other, maybe-better blogging platforms, but I've been comfortable here for years, I keep in touch with lots of great people through my friends list and comments, and frankly, this journal is an important (if sometimes embarrassing) ongoing artifact for me. Neither trolls nor hours-long blackouts nor offensive "Writer's Block" prompts (which I never look at anyway, and only know about if someone on my FL answers/complains about them) have managed to drive me away.
However, I am getting VERY tired of deleting Russian spam. I can deal with a random one here and there, but lately I'm finding that if I take a day or two away from LJ, there will often be, like, 50 Russian spam comments to nuke, which is tiring and annoying. I'd still rather not leave LJ. Any tips for preventing/dealing with this (besides returning comments to friends only, which I really don't want to do)?
Oh, and this: I'm very fond of Livejournal. I like the interface; I like the communities; I like the people. Folks have suggested that I switch to other, maybe-better blogging platforms, but I've been comfortable here for years, I keep in touch with lots of great people through my friends list and comments, and frankly, this journal is an important (if sometimes embarrassing) ongoing artifact for me. Neither trolls nor hours-long blackouts nor offensive "Writer's Block" prompts (which I never look at anyway, and only know about if someone on my FL answers/complains about them) have managed to drive me away.
However, I am getting VERY tired of deleting Russian spam. I can deal with a random one here and there, but lately I'm finding that if I take a day or two away from LJ, there will often be, like, 50 Russian spam comments to nuke, which is tiring and annoying. I'd still rather not leave LJ. Any tips for preventing/dealing with this (besides returning comments to friends only, which I really don't want to do)?