mijeli: (spine)
Alice in Slaughterhouse ([personal profile] mijeli) wrote2012-11-02 11:57 pm
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friends cut

It's time for the Unpopular 'friends cut' Post. I hate the term. I'm not cutting people; I'm cutting online pseuds I no longer connect with people. I hope that much is obvious!
My flist has grown to a crazy number of 154(!) mutual friends, and as I go through the names, I'm realising I haven't interacted with certain people in forever - if ever. Much as I appreciate the sentiment of someone with similar interests putting me on their radar, I don't see the point anymore. And please be ensured that even if I defriended you, I still value your opinion and the exchange with you, e.g. in comms. Sometimes interaction in neutral environments is all we want, no?

But my journal is my notepad, and I want to feel I know every single person who might (theoretically) be reading my entries. So I'm cutting people I no longer feel close to or I feel aren't interested anyway. [Or who simply haven't given a sign of life for years..] Please don't be offended! This is, of course, also the moment for you to defriend me if you've had enough of me.

If you feel I cut you and shouldn't have, tell me now ;) But I believe that friending business is mostly a mutual sentiment anyway.

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And THANK YOU [livejournal.com profile] tsuvi, [livejournal.com profile] asya_ana and [livejournal.com profile] hollys_tree for the v-gifts! ♥ I almost feel like I went to 'trick or treat' this year ...

[identity profile] clappamungus.livejournal.com 2012-11-03 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad I wasn't cut. I know I don't comment all that often, but I do read your posts. I'll try to make more of an effort!

Actually, I should make more of an effort to actually use LJ in the first place. I used to use this journal a lot, but I don't seem to anymore...

[identity profile] mijeli.livejournal.com 2012-11-03 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't just cut people who don't comment - I don't expect everyone to be around all the time! (I know I'm not, either.) But I get the occasional glimpse into your life and still have a name and face to go with the pseud. (Hey, I even sent you a postcard once! :D) So I'd love for you to stick around.

Yeah, don't we all go through these on/off phases? I think it's a lot about habit..