Yet another question...
Jun. 28th, 2004 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msagaraIs there any way to view the comment threads in a non-threaded, linear fashion? As in, read them in the order, by time & date, in which they were posted? I've read as much of the FAQ as seems relevant, and I can't see a single thing that would allow this -- but I'm hopeful that I'm just a) blind or b) looking in the wrong place.
And another question: I've been looking at some user info pages -- and I'm overwhelmed at the number of people that people 'friend'. Is it just that most people don't post much in their LJs? Because if I had in excess of 100 (and some people have close to 300) friends who -did-, I'd never get anything done. Not even sleep :/.
I'm trying to read the journals of people who have friended -me-, when I can, and am wondering about the etiquette of 'friending' in the LJ community. It is considered rude not to friend people who friend you? (and friend as a verb... <deep sigh>.) Is it considered rude to just friend someone? Any opinions -- even sarcastic, silly ones -- are welcome.
And another question: I've been looking at some user info pages -- and I'm overwhelmed at the number of people that people 'friend'. Is it just that most people don't post much in their LJs? Because if I had in excess of 100 (and some people have close to 300) friends who -did-, I'd never get anything done. Not even sleep :/.
I'm trying to read the journals of people who have friended -me-, when I can, and am wondering about the etiquette of 'friending' in the LJ community. It is considered rude not to friend people who friend you? (and friend as a verb... <deep sigh>.) Is it considered rude to just friend someone? Any opinions -- even sarcastic, silly ones -- are welcome.
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Date: 2004-06-28 06:10 am (UTC)It isn't going to be possible for you to actually read all the people who friend you -- I have 394 people who have friended me. This isn't because I'm fascinating, it's because I'm a published writer. The same thing will happen. You have to discriminate. I don't in the slightest bit mind that all those people read me, and I don't post friendslocked articles they can't read. But I can't possibly read all of them. I read about 100, some of whom post extremely seldom, and who are a selection of interesting people and writers and personal friends. I do, however, look at all the new people who friend me. (There's a utility which lets you see who the new people are, and I tend to get one or two more at a time.) I find it fascinating to look at their info and journals once and just see a snatch of their life.
Oh, and there isn't any way to make the comments threads better threaded. I wish there were. If you get the comments emailed to you, it makes it easier to check you haven't missed anything, and avoids needing to search through the 10 you've read to find the new 11th one. This drives me mad in long threads, especially long interesting threads in other people's journals.