Friends Only
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Social Media and Friends Lists
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archmage kinda sparked me into examining the social media that I use and how I use it. He wondered why people prefer Facebook, as opposed to other less-superficial venues like LiveJournal (although I'm sure LJ can be just as superficial, but I digress)
It's not that I prefer Facebook over LJ. It's that I use FB for keeping in touch with people who aren't necessarily very close to me; old high school classmates, old co-workers, people I wouldn't pour my heart out to. It's a much larger audience, with a broader spectrum of viewpoints. LJ is more of a pour-my-heart out venue, for me. FB is where I post the day-to-day babble of my life - it's (mostly) non-political, non-emotional, PG-rated. LJ (when I actually post) gets my frustrations, my political opinions, my rants ... stuff that's not for the general public.
That said, I took a look at my friends list here and pruned it quite a bit. Many of the people I removed are folks who haven't posted here in ages, or people I haven't really had any contact with in months or years. If I removed you and you'd like to be back on the list, just let me know.
(We will just leave the subject of Twitter untouched, other than to comment that it gives me a headache to try to follow it ...)
archmage kinda sparked me into examining the social media that I use and how I use it. He wondered why people prefer Facebook, as opposed to other less-superficial venues like LiveJournal (although I'm sure LJ can be just as superficial, but I digress)It's not that I prefer Facebook over LJ. It's that I use FB for keeping in touch with people who aren't necessarily very close to me; old high school classmates, old co-workers, people I wouldn't pour my heart out to. It's a much larger audience, with a broader spectrum of viewpoints. LJ is more of a pour-my-heart out venue, for me. FB is where I post the day-to-day babble of my life - it's (mostly) non-political, non-emotional, PG-rated. LJ (when I actually post) gets my frustrations, my political opinions, my rants ... stuff that's not for the general public.
That said, I took a look at my friends list here and pruned it quite a bit. Many of the people I removed are folks who haven't posted here in ages, or people I haven't really had any contact with in months or years. If I removed you and you'd like to be back on the list, just let me know.
(We will just leave the subject of Twitter untouched, other than to comment that it gives me a headache to try to follow it ...)