Feb 11, 2003 21:28
Welcome, kids, to How to Make A Linde-Friendly Journal Post!
1. Limit your post size. It's not what you say but how you say it. If your post is too long, I get bored, fast. Try to keep it under 1500000 words, huh? I could probably take any entry and compress it into a few keywords. However, if you insist on writing a novella, how about the beautiful lj-cut tag? Remember, kids: the cut tag is your friend.
2. Don't be cryptic all the time. Sure, everybody loves mystery, but not that fucking much to have 72 posts in a row about it.
3. Don't just update saying "I'll update later".
4. Don't only update about how wonderful your significant other is and how madly in love you are. I'm glad you're in love, but I don't need to read about it 12 times a time.
5. Don't only update about sex. Wow, so you fuck. Good for you. I don't need to hear about that 17 times a day.
6. Don't wallow in self-pity for more than 19 entries in a row. We're all entitled to our fair share of unhappiness, but please, make entry number 20 about...I don't know...the sky?
7. Please leave all graphic details of sex with my bandmates to a minimum. I already hear it from them, so why do I have to read it?
8. I cannot stress this one enough: do not update while fucking. That's just disturbing. Multitasking is good, but not when it comes to sex. That's just...wrong.
Hopefully by following these 8 simple rules we can all help to make updates a little better for everyone...well, at least for me.