regarding "spring cleaning"
It is really starting to play out like a popularity contest.
In my situation, i didn't post for so long because I was seriously depressed for awhile last year. So depressed about stuff that I couldn't bring myself to keep up on journals. I missed out on entire pregnancies due to my inability to be happy for others because I felt so hurt inside that I didn't have my own good news or exciting events going on. I kept thinking, "As soon as such and such happens...I'll post regularly again." And since that has happened, I have been trying my best to be an active LJ friend and regain what was lost between myself and those who I had no contact with for some time.
I didn't necessarily want to discuss this depression, I still don't...which I wasn't really feeling IRL because honestly, I felt much closer to a lot of LJ friends than I did with real life friends. Only to find out I was getting dumped off of FLs left and right. Which, whatever. If someone doesn't like me, do me the honor of removing me and make my life easier.
I just find it really interesting that LJers will remove people who have fallen out of the loop for various reasons(such as myself) much sooner(if ever) than people who rarely ever reply in their journals let alone post in their own journal. That is so hypocritical.