Livejournal, the culling

[gracedpalmer]

Today, I tried to look at an entry someone else made and was forced to watch a moving, talking ad that wouldn't close. Anyone who knows me in real life is aware that nonconsensual multi-media experiences are big no-nos. Now, I'm not having a fit and leaving LJ (yet), but I thought about it real hard for a bit. And I wrote a grumpy note to feedback. And I realized that my friends list was in real need of a cleaning.

Communities that haven't been active since 2006, people who rushed en masse to facebook six months ago, folks who aren't speaking to me, communities that have devolved into a pile of ads for badly made goggles. All of these must go. There's no malice in removal (okay, sometimes glee for the ad-communities), and the criteria are based on whether or not I use the community or the user posts/comments at all. If I strip you and you want to be readded, just ask. I'm being pretty zealous on this one.

Am also considering killing the art journal. There's not a huge difference between it and here anymore (I post less personal stuff here and am less terrified that some grandma's going to find out I'm a poly freak and refuse to buy my stuff now) and I suspect most of the people who only watch it are ghost accounts anyhow. Weigh in as you please. If LJ continues to tick me off, I may flee for other waters and crosspost/syndicate here instead, as well.

Also, sunset before 4 (Not technically, but effectively, as gray as it was) is not ok!

Stupid sun.

Come the 21st, I'm gonna set something on fire.

Comments

[lerite.livejournal.com]

Art journal or no doesn't affect me at all, as long as you keep posting pictures! I hope you stick with lj; I'm bad about following other places.

[sister-bluebird.livejournal.com]

If I go elsewhere, I'll still post over here, too. Worst case scenario, you might have to refriend a different account. Not gonna happen real soon, though.

[jenny_evergreen]

Good, because I, too, am bad at Places Other Than LJ.

I have found that multiple accounts tend to be made of fail. It's just SO much easier to post everything to one account, unless you have some really compelling reason to keep something separate. (I have a kink journal, the only one that's worked out at all, but I still post to it VERY rarely because it's separate. Phoo.)

I know. Darkness is NOT my friend, even if that IS a great song.

[folo1.livejournal.com]

"Also, sunset before 4 (Not technically, but effectively, as gray as it was) is not ok!"

I noticed that yesterday when I was getting an anniversary gift for Miss Julie at Borders. It was just as if I was in Iceland again...without the charm :\

[lady-alyria.livejournal.com]

I've had a paid account for years so I've never seen an ad. Is it getting really bad or was that a rare experience?

[sister-bluebird.livejournal.com]

It's the first time I've seen them, but Nghi's been getting them for about a month (didn't realize at the time). I think I wasn't seeing them because I'd been using Firefox with NoScript, and I changed to Chrome. So if they every get NoScript for Chrome, it might fix it.

It may not be as bad for anyone else, but I hate it when my computer makes noise or has video and I didn't explicitly ask it to (I'm even picky about clicking on youtube vids) and I do not like not having control. So a moving noisy TV commercial that won't let me close it, won't let me see the entry I'm trying to get to, and covers my whole screen is basically the devil.

[lady-alyria.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. I've seen those ads that cover the whole screen and hide the close button and chase your mouse around while you try to get rid of them. I hate those so much. And yahoo has one that looked like a soccer ball is coming at your face. I don't even know what they are selling, but if it makes me jump back I don't want to buy it.

[lookingforlily.livejournal.com]

No worries, I know we haven't talked often. I'll probably keep you on mine unless you ask to be taken off, as I like checking lj friends and reading it, even though I don't contribute much. It's nice to keep up with people's lives. If you ever want to talk or whatnot, do let me know... Hope all is going well where you are.