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Well, my own livejournal policies have defeated and cannibalized themselves.
Long ago I decided that I would friend everyone who friended me on livejournal. My reasons behind this are many and varied. I meet new people in the fandom all the time and I really enjoy that; I add people who add me because generally we have things in common, and if someone thinks we have enough in common to bother friending me then I want to friend them back. I like reading people's journals; people are entertaining and interesting and I like reading about them and their lives. I have met so many fun and interesting people via livejournal, it seems to me to be a shame not to pay attention to who friends me. I would not have met some of my best online friends had I not friended them out of the blue, after all. *eyes
bonibaru*
Also, I friend everyone because I am inherently a communist and the idea of limiting my friends list to a certain elect freaks me out. That's just my own issue, it's not a critcism of anyone else. I like livejournal, I do, but I find it very cliquey at it's worst and not very welcoming to newbies. I mean, if you don't have an in, where do you start with it? I adore newbies, I love enthusiastic people with fresh ideas and all that excitement about things I've been staring at myself for the last two years, so I don't hesitate to friend new journals and whatnot.
If for some reason you have friended me and I have not returned the favour, it is most likely an oversight on my part rather than a deliberate decision not to.
Suddenly I have discovered that livejournal has set a limit on how many people you can friend. I discovered this by hitting it.
I have no idea what I'm going to do now. I know I have to go though and take a few ex-journals off the list, but I guess I need a new policy. WAAHHH.
Long ago I decided that I would friend everyone who friended me on livejournal. My reasons behind this are many and varied. I meet new people in the fandom all the time and I really enjoy that; I add people who add me because generally we have things in common, and if someone thinks we have enough in common to bother friending me then I want to friend them back. I like reading people's journals; people are entertaining and interesting and I like reading about them and their lives. I have met so many fun and interesting people via livejournal, it seems to me to be a shame not to pay attention to who friends me. I would not have met some of my best online friends had I not friended them out of the blue, after all. *eyes
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Also, I friend everyone because I am inherently a communist and the idea of limiting my friends list to a certain elect freaks me out. That's just my own issue, it's not a critcism of anyone else. I like livejournal, I do, but I find it very cliquey at it's worst and not very welcoming to newbies. I mean, if you don't have an in, where do you start with it? I adore newbies, I love enthusiastic people with fresh ideas and all that excitement about things I've been staring at myself for the last two years, so I don't hesitate to friend new journals and whatnot.
If for some reason you have friended me and I have not returned the favour, it is most likely an oversight on my part rather than a deliberate decision not to.
Suddenly I have discovered that livejournal has set a limit on how many people you can friend. I discovered this by hitting it.
I have no idea what I'm going to do now. I know I have to go though and take a few ex-journals off the list, but I guess I need a new policy. WAAHHH.
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Date: 2003-07-13 11:15 am (UTC)I can think of no solution except that you need another LJ!
Or write and ask for special dispensation.
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Date: 2003-07-13 11:17 am (UTC)Maybe, somewhere in your profile, you can add a link to an external page and place there all the new people you friend from now on... I know it's kinda different, but at least is something.
But I'm sure anyone who friends you won't really be offended if you don't friend them back. I know I friend people because I like them, I don't expect them to reciprocate if they don't want to or can't do it.
SEVEN-FIFTY????!!1!1
Date: 2003-07-13 11:19 am (UTC)Wow.
Date: 2003-07-13 11:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 11:29 am (UTC)(Now I'm curious, from a geek perspective, if there's a limit to the number of people you can be friended by.)
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Date: 2003-07-13 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 11:52 am (UTC)ooh, me too! being on Ivy's friendslist always made me feel so special, even though i am generally pretty much too shy to say anything! but it's time to speak up and say- you're my favoritest celebrity crush 'cause you're so nice to the little people! *g*
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Date: 2003-07-13 11:53 am (UTC)*is impressed*
That is all.
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Date: 2003-07-13 11:55 am (UTC)I hope for your own sanity that you use filters. I'm coming up to the hundred mark and it's already almost too much to handle.
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Date: 2003-07-13 11:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 12:47 pm (UTC)randomly"friended"*Anyway, you could look and see if some people haven't updated in a long time, or aren't active on LJ anymore, but that would cost a lot of time. Otherwise, there aren't really a lot of options. Maybe permanent users aren't limited? I don't know.
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Date: 2003-07-13 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 12:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 02:25 pm (UTC)I feel bad for you, Ivy - now every time you want to friend someone, you'll have to take someone away. It's a bitter pill, isn't it? :(
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Date: 2003-07-13 01:14 pm (UTC)Your friending policy made me feel warm and fuzzy a few months ago when I added you to my list. It's too bad that the warm fuzzies have hit a limit, and I hope you figure something out.
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Date: 2003-07-13 01:40 pm (UTC)I actually don't know if this is such a good idea at the moment what with it being summer and people being on vacations but it could be worth a try...
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Date: 2003-07-13 01:43 pm (UTC)That sucks! There are an amazing amount of people that you friend, I'm sure that some of us wouldn\'t mind being un-friended by you, we loff you anyway!
I am sure you will find some way around it.
*snugs*
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Date: 2003-07-13 02:37 pm (UTC)and by the way, I never thanked you for friending me back a while ago, thanks!
aenea
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Date: 2003-07-13 02:54 pm (UTC)And I'd like to say thanks as well for friending me, I know exactly what you mean by cliquey, it's hard to really make friends on livejournal. I'm lucky that I knew Cynthia (toujours_impur)already, she sort of made me feel included.
anyway, buck up! at least you know that a lot of people like you!
*please don't delete me* :)
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Date: 2003-07-13 03:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 03:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 05:30 pm (UTC)But, I mean, if you decide to defriend, it's okay if you need to defriend me, since you don't know me that well, and. Yeah. Anyway, thank you for friending me back and I'll continue reading your journal despite whatever may happen. :)
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Date: 2003-07-13 05:31 pm (UTC)Not that I'd know. *hides*
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Date: 2003-07-13 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 08:09 pm (UTC)makes us feel lurved.
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Date: 2003-07-13 08:37 pm (UTC)People join the community (which is your friends list) and they watch the community (which is your friends of list).
There's an option that allows only *you* to post to the community, thereby still making it your journal.
The only problem is that it seems a little strange that IvyBlossom is a community and it might confuse the newbies.
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Date: 2003-07-13 08:38 pm (UTC)*considers*
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Date: 2003-07-14 05:32 am (UTC)sun
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Date: 2003-07-13 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-13 08:58 pm (UTC)If you're a community, you can friend people too :) Nowadays they get an email sent to them saying "you've been invited to join this community, do you agree?"
I remember God Dot Com journal had this problem recently, but he just smited and cut people. :)
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Date: 2003-07-13 08:54 pm (UTC)*rubs noses*
*sigh*
Date: 2003-07-14 06:33 am (UTC)*re-sigh*
.blue
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Date: 2003-07-14 05:38 pm (UTC)in fact, right now i need you to send me throat lozenges, since i'm sick.
Oh, I'm glad...
Date: 2003-07-14 05:48 pm (UTC)Re: Oh, I'm glad...
Date: 2003-07-14 06:22 pm (UTC)So sorry. I'm not unfriending anyone over this.
*rubs noses*
Ivy
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Date: 2003-07-15 07:06 pm (UTC)What's the limit anyway?