Recent thoughts on LJ

[greatbear]

I have a considerable amount of folks as well as communities and RSS feeds on my LJ 'friends list'. All primo stuff for the most part. A lot of my readership has reciprocated and added me to their lists, and there ends up being a considerable amount of overlap as far as common LJ users are concerned. This, however, is not always a good thing.

It's come to my attention on several past occasions where some manner of LJ drama had broken out among people I have in common on my list. A few defriendings have also happened as those people seek to remove those that share friends lists with the other party(s) in said drama. Accusations have also popped up from some individuals that someone shared confidential info with others, causing (or fanning the flames of) the aforementioned drama.

Well, this post is made to assure everyone that this will never attributable to me. What shows up in my friends list entries as locked posts remains that way, as I hope the same would apply to anything I write. If you have any doubts towards my ability to keep my nose out of y'all's bizness, let the 'defriendings' begin. I have no desire to play such games.

Comments

[jacked01.livejournal.com]

hmm ok call me an ostrich but I really do have my head in the sand.. just where is this drama and How did I avoid it?

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

You probably (and thankfully) didnt have some of the parties on your flist.

[meddler-inc.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'll never defreind ya. *hug*

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Thankfully those that you have had in your F list who's been apart of said dramas are not in mine so I've been thankful to avoid them myself, however, I've been privy to a few dramas that included me, not that I caused said drama, but the other person tried to accuse me of stalking or something like that and my action was to cut it off at the bud as best I could.

Thankfully that's long past now. The only "drama" I tell about are days like today at work. :-)

[liftinmoose.livejournal.com]

I love it when you put your foot down... :)

[kdotdammit.livejournal.com]

Reading thing like this makes me SO PARANOID. I forget how fucked up some people can be. I could never fathom breaking someone's trust in making me privy to their private journal entries! I'm all kinds of anxious now.

[bearlover.livejournal.com]

It was all the drama in my journal wasn't it? So much drama!

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh has the LJ Drama Llama been by?

I know what you mean though, I've had a few people on my FL defriend others and I could tell it was far more than a casual thing - reading between the lines there were other things involved that weren't said.

And I have 'defriended' people and surprised that offense is caused, as if I'd personally insulted them. Not that at all, if a blog seems a bit samey or goes into topics I'm not interested in, comment whores a lot or goes emo/ranty with no respite (not someone falls on bad times, I mean emo in the sense of 'Oh poor me - save me from myself' type postings) I will unsubscribe < a better term, cos defriend is so loaded.

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Boy, I hear you. There was a spate of angry stuff in my own journal last week this time. I knew the topic I raised would be sensitive to a couple of friends and tried to cushion that, but then some people got into it with some other people, and it spilled over into other journals, and ..... yow.

This medium can bring people together in fabulous ways but it's very easy to disagree in haste and repent at leisure. Since I'm as guilty of that as anyone, I'm trying to talk a lot less.

That said, happy holidays to you, handsome.

[brinah.livejournal.com]

Well Now!

I love a good snit in progress when gay men are involved. It's just comical. I hear ya though!