Amnesty Box - To Friend, or Not to Friend?
Hello All People Who Follow My LJ:
I've decided to clean house a little bit. I just realized that the list of people following me is just four shy of 1,000. (That's immensely flattering, but a bit overwhelming.) At the same time, I am watching 643 people.
It has occurred to me that there may be some people who are still following my LJ out of habit, but not really caring what I write. It has also occurred to me that some people may have friended me through fandom, but I didn't friend them back because I didn't know them, yet they might wish I followed their LJ for some reason.
So, here's an open invite for adjustments to friends lists.
1. If you and I have been LJ friends for years, but you don't really watch my LJ anymore and you feel the need to trim your list, I will not be offended if you decide to trim me out. No hard feelings, no sense of anger in this. Just simply, "Hey, you're cool and all, but we're not really into the same stuff anymore, and I don't really know you outside of having crossed paths in fandom seven or eight years ago." If so, please leave a little note below saying so, and we may shake virtual hands and part ways with an amicable mutual defriending.
2. If you've friended me because of current fandom or other activities, but I haven't friended you back, and you WANT me to friend you back, please comment below. Some people have friended my LJ so they can follow my fics, but they only use LJ to read fics and they don't really post on their own, so it makes no sense to friend them back. But if you want me to interact more, then just ping me below, introduce yourself a little bit, and I'll add you.
3. I might also simply go through my flist and trim out people I haven't talked to or heard from in YEARS. Chances are, if you're reading this, I won't randomly cut you because we're probably still interacting, at least a little bit. If I trim you, it's NOT out of anger or malice... it's just trimming things a bit. And if you want me to friend you back, because you're still reading my LJ even if you don't comment, then comment and let me know.
Thanks all, and Happy Solstice!
I've decided to clean house a little bit. I just realized that the list of people following me is just four shy of 1,000. (That's immensely flattering, but a bit overwhelming.) At the same time, I am watching 643 people.
It has occurred to me that there may be some people who are still following my LJ out of habit, but not really caring what I write. It has also occurred to me that some people may have friended me through fandom, but I didn't friend them back because I didn't know them, yet they might wish I followed their LJ for some reason.
So, here's an open invite for adjustments to friends lists.
1. If you and I have been LJ friends for years, but you don't really watch my LJ anymore and you feel the need to trim your list, I will not be offended if you decide to trim me out. No hard feelings, no sense of anger in this. Just simply, "Hey, you're cool and all, but we're not really into the same stuff anymore, and I don't really know you outside of having crossed paths in fandom seven or eight years ago." If so, please leave a little note below saying so, and we may shake virtual hands and part ways with an amicable mutual defriending.
2. If you've friended me because of current fandom or other activities, but I haven't friended you back, and you WANT me to friend you back, please comment below. Some people have friended my LJ so they can follow my fics, but they only use LJ to read fics and they don't really post on their own, so it makes no sense to friend them back. But if you want me to interact more, then just ping me below, introduce yourself a little bit, and I'll add you.
3. I might also simply go through my flist and trim out people I haven't talked to or heard from in YEARS. Chances are, if you're reading this, I won't randomly cut you because we're probably still interacting, at least a little bit. If I trim you, it's NOT out of anger or malice... it's just trimming things a bit. And if you want me to friend you back, because you're still reading my LJ even if you don't comment, then comment and let me know.
Thanks all, and Happy Solstice!