Journal Maintenance
Okay folks,
I just weeded my friends list. I doubt anyone reading this will be upset or care, but it's not impossible, so I go ahead and post it.
I removed a bunch of journals that I had friended that did not have me friended in return and didn't have recent public entries. In some cases there was a sign that said it was friends only, and I didn't feel I needed to keep up with them enough to warrant knocking and requesting to be let in. In other cases they'd just moved on. Either way, I didn't think my presence would be missed.
I also removed journals which have been deleted. I'm aware that it's possible to un-delete a journal, and that sometimes folks have make new ones under other names. So if by some unusual chance you are upset that I unfriended an old journal of yours, please don't worry. Just let me know your new journal name, or that your old journal is back, and I'll re-friend you.
I did NOT go through and add folks who had me friended. If you have me friended and I don't have you friended, and you wish I did because you want to read my Pagan posts, or something, go ahead and say so here, and I'll ponder it. For many of you I don't have you friended because I'm not sure who you are, or you never asked to be included.
Please be aware that my having you friended is NOT a promise that I keep up with your journal. I have a much smaller sub-set of journals that I read regularly, and even then I skim large chunks of my friends list. I rarely get to read the full list of who all I have friended. "Friend" is a misnomer here, anyway. Plenty of folks on my list aren't my friends, and plenty of my friends aren't on my list, even if they have an LJ. Friending is purely about who needs access to what. If you really want me to know something, poke me in a comment, or email me, right? Don't expect me to read your journal passively. If you want access to my journal entries, just ask - and be aware that if I don't know you, or if I'm not comfortable with it for some reason, I reserve the right not to fulfill the request.
--Ember--
I just weeded my friends list. I doubt anyone reading this will be upset or care, but it's not impossible, so I go ahead and post it.
I removed a bunch of journals that I had friended that did not have me friended in return and didn't have recent public entries. In some cases there was a sign that said it was friends only, and I didn't feel I needed to keep up with them enough to warrant knocking and requesting to be let in. In other cases they'd just moved on. Either way, I didn't think my presence would be missed.
I also removed journals which have been deleted. I'm aware that it's possible to un-delete a journal, and that sometimes folks have make new ones under other names. So if by some unusual chance you are upset that I unfriended an old journal of yours, please don't worry. Just let me know your new journal name, or that your old journal is back, and I'll re-friend you.
I did NOT go through and add folks who had me friended. If you have me friended and I don't have you friended, and you wish I did because you want to read my Pagan posts, or something, go ahead and say so here, and I'll ponder it. For many of you I don't have you friended because I'm not sure who you are, or you never asked to be included.
Please be aware that my having you friended is NOT a promise that I keep up with your journal. I have a much smaller sub-set of journals that I read regularly, and even then I skim large chunks of my friends list. I rarely get to read the full list of who all I have friended. "Friend" is a misnomer here, anyway. Plenty of folks on my list aren't my friends, and plenty of my friends aren't on my list, even if they have an LJ. Friending is purely about who needs access to what. If you really want me to know something, poke me in a comment, or email me, right? Don't expect me to read your journal passively. If you want access to my journal entries, just ask - and be aware that if I don't know you, or if I'm not comfortable with it for some reason, I reserve the right not to fulfill the request.
--Ember--