I wonder, though, if maybe people read too much into the technical aspect of who is friended and who isn't.
I know some people friends-lock posts; I almost did once, and then didn't, but the truth is it never occurs to me to do it. And so conversely, it never really occurs to me that others do it, too. And I don't just read my own friends page; I also read Kaneko's, and Sandy's, and Dacey's, and Rhys's. The reason I don't friend a lot of people is because I look at my own friends list and think, "Whoa, that's a lotta names. Kaneko already friended Person X, so I'll just read her over there."
Also, my charming personality comes complete with compulsive neatness disorder -- I can't stand to have dishes in my sink (thanks, mom =\ ), I can't stand to have too many windows open on my desktop (hence only one IRC channel at a time usually), and I can't stand looking at my friends list and seeing tons and tons of names on it.
So I guess all I'm saying is, people have lots of reasons for unfriending people that can be completely non-personal. I even unfriended someone accidentally once, because I clicked the wrong button and didn't realize it until a few days later when a post from the person I thought I had unfriended showed up on my friends page.
It's Sunday afternoon and I'm sick and I feel bad enough for both of us. So, you know. Feel better. =)
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Date: 2002-10-06 12:50 pm (UTC)I know some people friends-lock posts; I almost did once, and then didn't, but the truth is it never occurs to me to do it. And so conversely, it never really occurs to me that others do it, too. And I don't just read my own friends page; I also read Kaneko's, and Sandy's, and Dacey's, and Rhys's. The reason I don't friend a lot of people is because I look at my own friends list and think, "Whoa, that's a lotta names. Kaneko already friended Person X, so I'll just read her over there."
Also, my charming personality comes complete with compulsive neatness disorder -- I can't stand to have dishes in my sink (thanks, mom =\ ), I can't stand to have too many windows open on my desktop (hence only one IRC channel at a time usually), and I can't stand looking at my friends list and seeing tons and tons of names on it.
So I guess all I'm saying is, people have lots of reasons for unfriending people that can be completely non-personal. I even unfriended someone accidentally once, because I clicked the wrong button and didn't realize it until a few days later when a post from the person I thought I had unfriended showed up on my friends page.
It's Sunday afternoon and I'm sick and I feel bad enough for both of us. So, you know. Feel better. =)