I just want to say that I'm so glad I'm back here, so glad we're still in touch.
Me too. *smooch* :D
Facebook, huh? I hate Facebook. I opened an account to get back in touch with slesia, because she had completely disappeared from LJ - but I don't really use it (especially now that she seems to be back on LJ, lol). I hate that you need to put your real name on it; I don't want real life acquaintances (like coworkers) to find me there. I like the relative anonymity of LJ, which seems to give me much more privacy, even though I have an open (public) journal. Maybe it's an illusion, but I feel safer here, somehow...
As for having hundreds of friends... well, to me that's just plain ridiculous. A friend is someone you actually talk to, keep in touch with, know something about etc., right?... Well, you can't possibly keep up with hundreds of people on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis. You just can't. I understand that someone who is a popular fanfic writer would need to have a huge flist, because people want to follow their stories - but how many of these people are more than just readers?... My flist is relatively small, and still there are a few on it who are just that (probably very disappointed right now, since I don't seem to be writing much fanfic anymore). As well as a few I don't really know anything about, because they don't post much at all, or entirely stopped posting long ago. There are maybe 10-15 people I can actually call friends. And that's perfectly fine with me. I just want to keep getting to know them better, instead of distracting myself by adding new ones just to increase the number. Which would be entirely pointless, imo. *shrug*
Which is to say, in short, that your appreciation is mutual.;)
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Date: 2009-03-07 10:22 pm (UTC)Me too. *smooch* :D
Facebook, huh? I hate Facebook. I opened an account to get back in touch with
As for having hundreds of friends... well, to me that's just plain ridiculous. A friend is someone you actually talk to, keep in touch with, know something about etc., right?... Well, you can't possibly keep up with hundreds of people on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis. You just can't. I understand that someone who is a popular fanfic writer would need to have a huge flist, because people want to follow their stories - but how many of these people are more than just readers?... My flist is relatively small, and still there are a few on it who are just that (probably very disappointed right now, since I don't seem to be writing much fanfic anymore). As well as a few I don't really know anything about, because they don't post much at all, or entirely stopped posting long ago. There are maybe 10-15 people I can actually call friends. And that's perfectly fine with me. I just want to keep getting to know them better, instead of distracting myself by adding new ones just to increase the number. Which would be entirely pointless, imo. *shrug*
Which is to say, in short, that your appreciation is mutual.;)