Friends
Friends List
I add people to my friends list without asking them. LJ has that handy little plus button that allows me to do this and I figure if you didn't want "unknown" people to read what you write you'd have it friends only. Besides, I usually figure that people, like me, check there info list to see who's added me so I can add them back.
I know some people prefer to have others introduce themselves.
I also automatically add someone if they add me. I figure it's the least I can do to make your acquaintance but if after some time I realize I've stopped reading your entries, for some reason or another, I'll remove you from my friends list. Without explanation. It's nothing personal. I may like your just fine in RL but find I skim past your entries due to such things as length, Relevance etc. People write in ways that only project a certain side of them that doesn't encompass all they are so, as I said, just 'cause I don't read what you write doesn't mean I don't like you.
I also don't expect people to keep me on their friends list because they don't want to offend me. If you don't read then don't add. (although, I do keep some people on my list I don't read because I know they do and they like to read the "friends only" posts).
Filters
I understand some filters. I have two (Kink and No Boy Post) both which are pretty self explanatory. Some content is audience specific and it's polite to exclude those who don't want to hear. But I don't filter just to keep info from somebody else (unless it's Paul *L*).
If you have me on your friends list but I'm filtered out of basically everything then please remove me.
I'm an honest and authentic person, I share my life with you because I like to think that everybody is part of my community of fellow humans. I trust you and enjoy your posts.
That being said, LJ, for all it's intimacy, isn't a social circle.
I add people to my friends list without asking them. LJ has that handy little plus button that allows me to do this and I figure if you didn't want "unknown" people to read what you write you'd have it friends only. Besides, I usually figure that people, like me, check there info list to see who's added me so I can add them back.
I know some people prefer to have others introduce themselves.
I also automatically add someone if they add me. I figure it's the least I can do to make your acquaintance but if after some time I realize I've stopped reading your entries, for some reason or another, I'll remove you from my friends list. Without explanation. It's nothing personal. I may like your just fine in RL but find I skim past your entries due to such things as length, Relevance etc. People write in ways that only project a certain side of them that doesn't encompass all they are so, as I said, just 'cause I don't read what you write doesn't mean I don't like you.
I also don't expect people to keep me on their friends list because they don't want to offend me. If you don't read then don't add. (although, I do keep some people on my list I don't read because I know they do and they like to read the "friends only" posts).
Filters
I understand some filters. I have two (Kink and No Boy Post) both which are pretty self explanatory. Some content is audience specific and it's polite to exclude those who don't want to hear. But I don't filter just to keep info from somebody else (unless it's Paul *L*).
If you have me on your friends list but I'm filtered out of basically everything then please remove me.
I'm an honest and authentic person, I share my life with you because I like to think that everybody is part of my community of fellow humans. I trust you and enjoy your posts.
That being said, LJ, for all it's intimacy, isn't a social circle.