Friends-list pruning

[beowabbit]

Hi. I’m about to prune my lj Friends list. If I take you off, it’s not because I don’t love you any more or don’t want you to read my protected entries, it’s just that I’ve had to mess with my friends groups lately (creating new groups and changing old ones), and the more people I have on my Friends list, the more tedious that is. (Actually, if anybody knows of Unix or OSX software that makes managing custom friends groups easier, I’d be interested in hearing about it. What I’d like is a grid with all my Friends down one side, and all my custom friends groups along the top, filled with checkboxes, so I could compare at a glance who was in what group and compare the memberships of different groups. Extra points if it let me change the ordering of the custom friends groups, so I could put two columns I wanted to be similar-but-not-identical next to each other.)

Anyway, the reason I’m posting this is (1) to let you know that it’s not personal if I take you off the list; it’s just about convenience, and (2) so that if I take you off, but you actually would like to be able to read my protected posts, you can let me know so I can add you back on. (I’m guessing most of the people I’m going to take off don’t read me anyway, but I thought I’d mention it just in case.)

[Edit: I’ve just done that pruning, so if you can still read this locked entry you are in no imminent danger of not being able to read my seekrit stuff.]

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Just FYI, I use the Default View to reduce the clutter in my F-page... Something to think about.

[beowabbit]

Yes, so do I (along with various smaller groups for when I’m in more of a hurry). The issue is when I create a new Custom Friends Group to use as a filter (or modify an old one). The more total friends I have, regardless whether they’re on my Default View or not, the harder it is to configure a new group.

Regardless, you’re still privy to my innermost ramblings. :-)

[gosling.livejournal.com]

I read your lj. :-)

[beowabbit]

Thanks! Now unchecking the check mark next to your name so you’ll still have access. (Makes me glad I posted this.)

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

I read you. :)

[beowabbit]

Okey-doke, duly not removed. :-)

[cutieperson]

i read you.

[beowabbit]

I read you too. *Hugs*.

[cutieperson]

*hugs*
i hope you're snowed in with cocoa & other happy things.

[dalbino83.livejournal.com]

I read you - I'd like to stay on!

[beowabbit]

Okey-doke; I didn’t remove you.

[eor.livejournal.com]

I read you too, even if I don't say much. But wow, you do have a lot of people on your friends list! That makes sense though, you beind a social, outgoing, and friendly person. :)

[beowabbit]

Thanks; you’re still on.

I know people with easily five times the number of people on their Friends list as I have. :-)

That makes sense though, you beind a social, outgoing, and friendly person. :)

You know, until relatively recently, I thought of myself as introverted (probably because I was as a child and I never bothered to reexamine it). It’s been in the last five years or so that I’ve realized I’m actually fairly extroverted (although I have been for at least fifteen years and probably more).

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

I've been pruned and didn't want to be :-(

[beowabbit]

OK, you are now a plum again. :-)

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

Can I be a sugar plum?

[beowabbit]

Sure. You can even be a sugarplum fairy if you want to.

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeeee! I always wanted to be a fairy

[ckd]

I read you, though I don't think I was actually on the list, in which case I clearly can't have been pruned.

I agree with the difficulty of managing friends groups. I wonder how hard it would be to hack something together, seeing as how I'm snowed in today and all. *goes off to read LJ developer documentation*

[simonbillenness.livejournal.com]

I read you too but now I'm locked out.

Please would you re-add me again as a friend? Pretty please with organic whipped cream and fair trade certified sugar on the top?

[beowabbit]

Sure!

[curly-chick.livejournal.com]

I read you but I respect your right to edit your list as you see fit :-)

[beowabbit]

OK, you can now see a bit more.

[chellen.livejournal.com]

I read you, but understand if you'd like to keep me pruned, seeing as how we haven't actually, you know, technically met.

[beowabbit]

You are in fact befrunden, and I haven’t disfriendified you, but out of curiosity, how did you stumble across my journal?

[chellen.livejournal.com]

Well, while my LJ name might be Chellen, you may have heard me referred to as 'Winter' by Dan4th and Dabunny. In fact, I'll actually be up there visiting them soon.

[motive-nuance.livejournal.com]

I find your journal pretty interesting.

[beowabbit]

Added, and to a couple of filters.

[sexykneesocks.livejournal.com]

i read you too. i just don't comment all that often.

[beowabbit]

Thanks for reminding me! I had your other journal added, but I forgot about this one (I don’t think I ever added it). Now I will be following you more regularly. :-)

[sexykneesocks.livejournal.com]

sexykneesocks has only one journal. the other belonged to a disowned evil twin ; )

[beowabbit]

Hmmm, there's an evil twin of you out there somewhere? Intriguing!

[ariesd.livejournal.com]

I read you too, *hugs* and if you'd rather I not, I understand and bear no ill will.

[despista.livejournal.com]

I read you! Even though I've been offline for a few days... And yes, I know you haven't a clue who I am, but I found you because of queenofhalves' blog.

Oh, and you're hot. Has anyone told you that lately? *grin* (Happy almost Valentines day)

[beowabbit]

Well, thanks! How can you tell I'm hot? I'll grant you, my writing style is totally drool-worthy. :-)

[despista.livejournal.com]

Well there is your writing style, and of course your sacraments if you were a god, those are good, and then there's this awesome photo:

Because life jackets make everyone look sexy. *grin*

[beowabbit]

Well, thank you! We actually were wearing them mainly in case Dick Cheney showed up with a gun.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I use iJournal for managing my friends list. Though it has corrupted it in the past, so make sure you get the latest version. I also find that the AJAX features of the friends management software on www.livejournal.com itself work better with Firefox.

As far as "Default View" and stuff... I have a "friends I read" group and a "Friends I read if I have a lot of time" group. People can only be on one or the other. I don't think I've actually used the second in ages, but it is psychologically comforting to put people on that second list than to remove them completely (for me at least)

I don't understand the etiquette around "friends" on LJ. People ask if they can "friend" me. It doesn't affect me if they do, why should I care. And if someone never gets friend-ed back, I hope they don't are either :). Oh well.

yes, I read you.

[beowabbit]

I use iJournal for managing my friends list. Though it has corrupted it in the past, so make sure you get the latest version.

Thanks for the recommendation! Do you mean I should get 1.54 or 1.70beta? (I have to say, the idea of having my Friends list corrupted is very scary with a few hundred people on it.)

As far as "Default View" and stuff... I have a "friends I read" group and a "Friends I read if I have a lot of time" group. People can only be on one or the other.

I tried that (still do that, actually; I’ve just shrunk the size of the second group), but using LJ’s own web interface for managing Friends lists, my way of creating a new group (or modifying an existing one) is to go through the entire list one by one and decide for each person whether they should be in the group or not, so having an extra 50 or 100 people Friended makes a difference. (That's why having everybody’s group membership in a big grid would help, because I could look for patterns in two dimensions. If somebody’s not on my “I trust this person not to torture puppies“ filter, I’m not likely to put them on my “I bare my soul to these people” filter.)

Nice to know you read me! I should post more technical questions. :-)

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I'm using the beta now but I can't remember if I've edited friends lately.

A grid would be the perfect UI. I haven't seen that anywhere yet.

[sidhebird.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am honored that you didn't prune me. I would completely understand if you did, since I don't tend to comment or even read very often. But I do really appreciate being able to hear what you have to say when I do get the chance to catch up. I love your perspective on life. *smile* It is refreshing.

[beowabbit]

Thanks!