I like your haiku; I think it's quite true. I know I learned what little I've gleaned about netiquette from both painful experience, and trying to make sure I learned something useful each time I was so pained. I've also spent considerable time listening carefully to folks I thought were better at netiquette than I, and trying to apply their recommendations to my behavior on-line. Good luck.
Regarding the other poem, while I possibly may not agree with the sentiment you're espousing, the poem itself flows nicely, and I do like your providing a link to it. I'm curious, though -- why not just post it today, instead of leaving it back in the previous post?
Regarding the other poem, while I possibly may not agree with the sentiment you're espousing, the poem itself flows nicely, and I do like your providing a link to it. I'm curious, though -- why not just post it today, instead of leaving it back in the previous post?
Partly because I didn't know what to expect until I had 'reclassified it' from public to private. And then, once I had done that, and determined that it didn't 'pop-up' as a more recent posting, it didn't seem worth the trouble to delete it and re-post it. Plus it provided useful fodder for the question asked here. Even though the link-post was technically more 'trouble' (or at least effort), I got an extra haiku (though certainly not a classical Haiku) out of it, plus a conversational topic. Seemed a better choice.
Do they have a right to get upset if you don't try to have your work published in a book
Whoa there, hoss! ^_^ I appreciate the sentiment, but no one is getting upset. (At least not yet). This is more me trying to be proactive and figure out what people want, rather than me being 'concerned' about how they'll react. (Everyone who knows me knows what a fragile and sensitive flower my psyche is, and my total vulnerability to peer pressure. ^_^)
So far, from a sample of two, both respondents have indicated they'd rather see a 'flag' go up when a new poem is available. This gives me (as the poet) a warm fuzzy feeling and I am certainly happy to do it. Of course, to an extent the respondents are self-selecting, but so be it! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" and if any of you folks don't want me flagging ('flogging'? ^_^) my new stuff if this situation comes up again, you'd better speak up now.
Sorry, I wasn't suggesting people were upset, I was just commenting on the netiquette side. So, I obviously missed what you were asking.
So my vote: put up a flag. I read lj rarely enough that I sometimes miss days just by yesterday's posting falling off the bottom. So if something first pops up as being posted a week ago or something, I'd probably never see it. I care because I do enjoy reading your work.
And if you decide to not put up flags, I will sue you. So, your choice. :)
So my vote: put up a flag. I read lj rarely enough that I sometimes miss days just by yesterday's posting falling off the bottom. So if something first pops up as being posted a week ago or something, I'd probably never see it. I care because I do enjoy reading your work.
And if you decide to not put up flags, I will sue you. So, your choice. :)
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Regarding the other poem, while I possibly may not agree with the sentiment you're espousing, the poem itself flows nicely, and I do like your providing a link to it. I'm curious, though -- why not just post it today, instead of leaving it back in the previous post?
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Partly because I didn't know what to expect until I had 'reclassified it' from public to private. And then, once I had done that, and determined that it didn't 'pop-up' as a more recent posting, it didn't seem worth the trouble to delete it and re-post it. Plus it provided useful fodder for the question asked here. Even though the link-post was technically more 'trouble' (or at least effort), I got an extra haiku (though certainly not a classical Haiku) out of it, plus a conversational topic. Seemed a better choice.
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While it is definitely a nice gesture to make other's lives a little easier by making the work easy to access, it is not rude to not do so.
It is your journal, not ours.
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Whoa there, hoss! ^_^ I appreciate the sentiment, but no one is getting upset. (At least not yet). This is more me trying to be proactive and figure out what people want, rather than me being 'concerned' about how they'll react. (Everyone who knows me knows what a fragile and sensitive flower my psyche is, and my total vulnerability to peer pressure. ^_^)
So far, from a sample of two, both respondents have indicated they'd rather see a 'flag' go up when a new poem is available. This gives me (as the poet) a warm fuzzy feeling and I am certainly happy to do it. Of course, to an extent the respondents are self-selecting, but so be it! "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" and if any of you folks don't want me flagging ('flogging'? ^_^) my new stuff if this situation comes up again, you'd better speak up now.
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So my vote: put up a flag.
I read lj rarely enough that I sometimes miss days just by yesterday's posting falling off the bottom. So if something first pops up as being posted a week ago or something, I'd probably never see it. I care because I do enjoy reading your work.
And if you decide to not put up flags, I will sue you. So, your choice. :)
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I read lj rarely enough that I sometimes miss days just by yesterday's posting falling off the bottom. So if something first pops up as being posted a week ago or something, I'd probably never see it. I care because I do enjoy reading your work.
And if you decide to not put up flags, I will sue you. So, your choice. :)
Thanks. Deal. ^_^
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