Today on DFT...

5 Excuses We Make For Doing Terrible Things

...otherwise known as, "DON'T DO THESE THINGS!!!"

Peace & keep it DRAMA FREE,
- O.

Yes, it's been a while since you've seen that icon. My last DRAMA FREE THURSDAY entry was 3 days before Lisa died ( Read more... )

Welcome once again, to another edition of DRAMA FREE THURSDAY wherein I try to improve the signal to noise ratio on the Internet. Especially on LJ. As usual, I'm going to be discussing a behavior or behaviors that we've ALL seen that might not be the best things going and tend to bring out the worst in our Internet experience. Something we ( Read more... )

( I've said this before using different words, but I just wanted to put it out there again. )

Not Being a Troll Isn’t Enough: A Handbook to Being a Model Internet Citizen

Welcome once again to DRAMA FREE THURSDAY, my weekly whenever I can get to it attempt to improve the signal to noise ration on the Internet and LJ in particular. Wherein I discuss a behavior or behaviors that we've ALL seen that might not be the best things going and tend to bring out the worst in our Internet experience. And then I try to just ( Read more... )

( An exchange... )

( Follow up thoughts... )

Welcome once again to my attempt to make our interactions on the Internet (and LJ in particular) less problematic. Accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative and just reducing the DRAMA.

Less about "Saving the DRAMA for your MAMA" and just trying to encourage a more positive mien.

( Deep thoughts... )

I was reading this article on Cracked.com this morning about 5 Secrets of Making Reality TV They Don't Want You to Know. There is a portion of the article that really struck me: It's amazing how much your perception of a person can change when their life is being narrated by someone who hates them. Editors can take more drastic action, too -- they ( Read more... )