Comments | anamacha: LJ Idol, 10: Whose LJ is it anyway? Balancing personal expression and friends list sensibilities.

anamacha

LJ Idol, 10: Whose LJ is it anyway? Balancing personal expression and friends list sensibilities.

Jan 15, 2008 23:00

Welcome, welcome, welcome! Welcome to LiveJournal, where friends are usually misnomers, the audience is self-selecting, comments are key and readership is paramount ( Read more... )

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browneyedgirl65 January 16 2008, 05:49:21 UTC

Ha! Perfect closing line ;-)

anamacha January 16 2008, 07:36:37 UTC

glad you liked it!

xo_kizzy_xo January 16 2008, 07:50:41 UTC

I love your take on this. You've hit on, I think, the very soul of what a lot of people believe LJ is about: THE DRAAAAAAAAAMA!

Plus I'm trying not to laugh loud enough to wake up the neighborhood ;)

anamacha January 16 2008, 07:52:55 UTC

wonderful! Glad to be of service *bow*

baxaphobia January 16 2008, 11:11:32 UTC

Oh how true! Smile! I like it!

anamacha January 17 2008, 00:18:07 UTC

thanks!

porcelain72 January 16 2008, 13:02:41 UTC

Heh heh, I like this. Too true. I've always found the "I'm going to make a friends cut, comment if you want to stay" posts particularly classy.

anamacha January 17 2008, 00:17:56 UTC

heh, yeah, I'd almost forgotten about that. Maybe I should edit my entry :)

wardellen January 16 2008, 15:06:33 UTC

Maybe I had a better introduction to LJ than most... I've never felt it was a drama factory. Then again, I don't have 873 people on my friends list, I don't add people out of a feeling of obligation, and I don't really care if people read or not. It is nice when they do, but not necessary for my own self-worth. It's just my place to babble and I'm too lazy to write entries by hand. I've made some fantastic friends here- friends that I can contact outside of LJ if I have something I want to talk about in more than just a post.

I can't imagine what kind soul pointed me in the direction of LJ... ;)

By the way, blue is preferred.

anamacha January 17 2008, 00:17:23 UTC

I've managed to stay away from the drama, for the most part. But I must admit to feeling a twinge or two when I get cut from someone's list. And I've seen it turn into a big drama-fest for more than one person -- which I must confess to not cari... er, understanding.

Whoever that person was that pointed you in the direction of LJ (and pushed) must have thought it might be a useful tool for you, just as it is for him.