Time to make flist settings functional

[thenewbuzwuzz]

My friends list from Circling the Wagons is still 2 or 3 times bigger than what I actually read. Initially I put some people on inbox notifications and thought I'd get a feel for the rest of the flist via, you know, reading the actual flist (and then I'd know who to unfriend so it's all not too overwhelming). Yeah, this plan didn't work. I've

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[brunettepet]

I know it got nuts and it's eating into my fic reading which is mainly why I'm here (and there and everywhere). It's interesting, though, to see what other people are up to.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

It is! I hope to find a balance (and mostly, sort out this weird situation where I pretend to be LJ friends with people I completely ignore).

[trepkos]

I'd like to keep reading your entries.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Thanks! You're not unfriended, though, and I don't think you will be anytime soon. So: same.

[singedbylife]

My flist is also much too big after the circle party. I think we all know that it's not possible to react to all the new friends' posts.

I guess I randomly pick and reply on posts that for some reason or another catch my eye and attention. Like this one :)

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yeaah. I think I'd also be okay with skimming sometimes, but when I think I haven't even glimpsed what some people have been writing for over a month... I need a different way to do this. I think I'll end up reading more than I do now, but less than is in my current flist.

[denorios]

Haha, I know the feeling. On the one hand, considering how quiet LJ has become, it's a nice problem to have. But on the other hand...it is a problem!

I liked the idea of the friending circle, since you get a boatload of new friends at once, but I too have found myself whittling it down, unfriending some people who it turns out I really have nothing at all in common with and no opportunity for discussion or conversation. And I always feel guilty about that!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

At this point I feel more guilty about ignoring people who I'm supposedly friended with. So I think the whittling down really is the most sensible thing to do!

[shapinglight]

Yes, I think we've all got comfortable with LJ being rather quiet and not taking up too much of our time, so other stuff has expanded to fill that time.

I'm very aware that I'm not keeping up with everyone at the moment. Not at all.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Heh. I was a complete livejournal newbie when this started, and I think I had exactly two friends before it. So you can guess how much time that took. :D

[shapinglight]

Yeah, not a lot. Still, it's nice to be a little busier, yes?

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Big yes! But mayybe not this busy.