Because people are paranoid, I should explain that this is about three things I saw on my friends page today, all relating to friends cuts
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Why has this not been said before? I for one find LJ to be a safe place when it comes to feeling free to say what I want. (I have some troubles discussing my slashy love, but that's my own thing, and not to do with anyone else.) I like my flist, I love reading about some of the things they post, I like finding out about other things they do, and I enjoy being able to skip things if I'm not interested, which sometimes is the case. If something's offensive (which nothing on my flist ever has been) then I'd probably change the way I saw that person and maybe defriend if it was particularly offensive to me.
What I guess I'm saying is, that I agree pretty much entirely :)
Nothing on your flist has ever offended you? I'm clearly not trying hard enough ;-p
I have just seen, would you believe, a checklist, an actual checklist of what someone does and doesn't want to read in other people's LJs. I would not believe it if it weren't right there in black and white.
*thinks* I've not been offended by anything, but I find people that constantly moan about something very annoying. It's kind of bad I know, but when people get very depressive about their illness, and mention it ALL THE TIME. Even worse are the people who are just pessimistic - emo poetry and "God I hate this world." kind of stuff. I should be more tolerant of that, but I really struggle when every new post is about how bad their life is :/
That though, is ridiculous. I mean, I could understand if someone was doing that as the mod of a comm or something, but a 'normal' person with a 'normal' flist? With your flist, it's their journal, it's their perogative. You post what you like, if other people don't like it, there's plenty they can do. Hell, they don't even have to defriend, just filter. It's stuff like this that makes me *headdesk*.
Constant negativity can be quite draining to be around. I don't think you have a responsibility to put up with things you don't like.
I'm glad you think the checklist is odd (and it was very surprising coming from the person it did, somebody I otherwise thought was pretty damn awesome).
It makes a lot of sense. I like your 'come and go' approach. There's someone really awesome who was on my friends list, whose posts are full of things I can't really read right now, but I hope I can find them again when the dust settles. I should really just have filtered I suppose.
Very little poking around necessary really, I remember seeing some of your fanfic and liking it. Have just realised how long it is since I posted something public on this journal though.
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What I guess I'm saying is, that I agree pretty much entirely :)
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I have just seen, would you believe, a checklist, an actual checklist of what someone does and doesn't want to read in other people's LJs. I would not believe it if it weren't right there in black and white.
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That though, is ridiculous. I mean, I could understand if someone was doing that as the mod of a comm or something, but a 'normal' person with a 'normal' flist? With your flist, it's their journal, it's their perogative. You post what you like, if other people don't like it, there's plenty they can do. Hell, they don't even have to defriend, just filter. It's stuff like this that makes me *headdesk*.
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I'm glad you think the checklist is odd (and it was very surprising coming from the person it did, somebody I otherwise thought was pretty damn awesome).
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Very well said. It is your journal and basically supposed to be your own personal haven. Not anyone elses.
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