Friends List Weed-through 2008.

[eredien]

I weed through my friends list and my communities annually to determine who to keep, who to take off, and who to add.

I got a lot more LJ friends this year, and don't have time to read everyone's blog. I tend to prioritize reading of blogs based on: content, frequency and type of RL association with a person, and distance apart (people who live far away are more likely to be kept on, since it's often the only way I'm getting news about you!). I don't want to slight anyone: you may be a good friend of mine, but perhaps your blog isn't active or you only post about fandoms I don't follow.

Are you on the writing filter? I have decided to discontinue it, though I have kept an archive in my memories section. It wasn't working the way I'd hoped, either in terms of making me productive or eliciting a useful volume of feedback. I will now send out chapters of things to people via email when I finish them, and not before. If you want to be on that list, email me.

So.

Friends kept:
a4yroldfaerie, aichmetes, ancalemon, aneslin, arcturax, aurelia_star, baaaaaaaaaah, batshua, baxil, blushingflower, breimh, ceruleanst, copperwolf, daisho, earis, ebony14, ephiphonora, esgalaith, fangtsu, fiddledragon, fireinflight, foleyartist1, gallian, gaudior, gearworld, greenowl, greyhawk, greylander, grunniens, gwynbones, haplessweasel, hespa, holophote, homasse, jadescarlet, jcfiala, kassidynet, kaypendragon, khava, kirath, lignota, lonestarfruit, lothaekor, lotusbiosm, mithent, mousekinn, mwynen, nexan, nightengalesknd, nimrodiel, nineweaving, papersky, parsnips, prisminawindow, pseydtonne, purrzah, q10, quem98, rabidfangurl, rachelmanija, raki, raxvulpine, redrikki, rushthatspeaks, seishonagon, shahnasa, signy1, silussa, skywize, sovay, sternbunny, syonakeleste, thespooniest, thoughtsdriftby, toy_dragon, trifles, walks_far, wanderdragon, wayman, waywind, weirdquark, weyrlady, wherdragon


Questions/Tell me about yourself. I want to make an informed decision, but I don't know who you are--even if I know you IRL, I might not know your username on LJ.
axonfuel - your posts read interestingly, but who are you? I don't remember. Did you change your LJ name?
sokmunky - who are you? I know you're in Boston SF fandom.
elenuial - You are a MA writer. You look neat. Tell me more about yourself.
shadow - Why don't we hang out more? Email me.
watermelontail - Who ARE you? You are the most persistent friends-list mystery on this journal. You live in MA and write and that's ALL I have been able to find out about you. I'm utterly curious.

Friends deleted:
gaudiorrr - you deleted your journal.
holophonte - you deleted your journal. I miss your entries!
marmota - I like you but we just don't know each other that well.
mobiuswolf - I like you but don't follow any of your fandoms.
zelas8x8 - I like you but you don't seem to have posted since summer of last year.
pseydtonne - If you want to hang out and play pool sometime in Davis, give me a call--but I don't understand any of your entries!
ghostsphoenix - your journal is defunct.
wolvessong - your journal is defunct.


Communities kept:
brynmawrcollege
next_of_kin
the_backsmoker
therithere
storybookland
vintagefic


Communities deleted:
paperspace - I really like the idea of this community, but the posting rate is way too slow to sustain anything resembling a storyline. I'd rather concentrate on my own art projects.
mixedbordernews - alas, no more news will be forthcoming. RIP, S.
tomorrowlands - I think I keep in touch with most of the tlands people through their personal journals now.
angstanonymous-this community is dead, Jim.


New Friends:
anasai
autumnesquirrel
baniszew
blondestwolf
capiscumanuum
cshiely
delcan
faerieboots
halyn
inari0
indiwent
iqeret
jlundberg
kelkyag
koshiii
raeadhani
seth99rb
twitch124


I feel like I just don't know you well enough. Don't worry, my angst is boring:
baphednia, clauclauclaudia, cold_in_august, dreamflow, emerald_scales, friode, gelgisith, jedibl, jrrhack, khyros, kilroyfirelizrd, laura47, luna_hoshino, meanfreepath, orawnzva, plh16, trinfinity2001, ur3shii

Comments

[baphnedia.livejournal.com]

Tis alright. You may remember me from Baxtalk - and I was all full of fire and brimstone, or at least fire, on any number of things.

[1000badpages.livejournal.com]

(check your email)

[baxil.livejournal.com]

* holophote --> axonfuel
* dreamflow is one of my alt journals, for Thea. She hasn't posted in years.
* The Tomorrowlands LJ comm is basically defunct at this point. There was talk of reusing it for TTU online RP.

[elenuial.livejournal.com]

Most of what I'd say in response is probably already on the internet.