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So, a whole bunch of people I don't know friended me recently
Welcome, folks I don't yet know!
So, I suppose this is about as good a time as any to explain my "friending policy." Um. I bet most of you didn't know I had a "friending policy". But, as my comments about Octopus Intelligent Design have been forwarded around more than, like, everything else I've ever written put together, I've gotten more people I don't personally know friending me in the past couple days than in most other days. So, I decided I could explain my policy.
Okay. Here's how it works. Every couple of days, or weeks, or months, or when I happen to think of it, I run that little "My Friends List" feature on Semagic, to see whose friended me recently. Then I go to all the journals that have friended me, and and I read at least the most recent page of entries, and I read your userinfo page.
If I find you interesting, I friend you back.
Here are my general guidelines for who I find interesting:
If the word "geek" or any sort of geek-related activity -- science fiction, fantasy, Shakespeare, roleplaying games, math for fun -- shows up in your user info, I find you interesting, because we are similar.
If the word "music" or any music related activity, or "teaching" or any teaching-related activity shows up, same thing. Or cats, liberal politics, or a number of other things.
If absolutely nothing I recognize or deal with myself is on your userinfo, I find you interesting because you're different.
So, if you're conservative politically, not in the least geeky, and totally typical and think of yourself as totally whitebread and boring, I find that interesting, because it's different.
So, in short: if we have anything in common, I think you're interesting. If we have nothing in common, I think you're interesting. This may be why there's like 274 people on my friends list, and growing all the time.
Also, I don't have reading lists. I just read my whole friends list. I mean, y'all are on it because I think you're interesting. And I comment on posts, too. So, like, you might have friended me, just in case I write something else witty about squid, and then there I am giving you advice on how to care for you sick cat or something. Um. I hope you don't find that weird.
Yeah. So, in conclusion, hi, welcome, and Lis is telling me to shut off the damn computer and come to bed. G'night all!
So, I suppose this is about as good a time as any to explain my "friending policy." Um. I bet most of you didn't know I had a "friending policy". But, as my comments about Octopus Intelligent Design have been forwarded around more than, like, everything else I've ever written put together, I've gotten more people I don't personally know friending me in the past couple days than in most other days. So, I decided I could explain my policy.
Okay. Here's how it works. Every couple of days, or weeks, or months, or when I happen to think of it, I run that little "My Friends List" feature on Semagic, to see whose friended me recently. Then I go to all the journals that have friended me, and and I read at least the most recent page of entries, and I read your userinfo page.
If I find you interesting, I friend you back.
Here are my general guidelines for who I find interesting:
If the word "geek" or any sort of geek-related activity -- science fiction, fantasy, Shakespeare, roleplaying games, math for fun -- shows up in your user info, I find you interesting, because we are similar.
If the word "music" or any music related activity, or "teaching" or any teaching-related activity shows up, same thing. Or cats, liberal politics, or a number of other things.
If absolutely nothing I recognize or deal with myself is on your userinfo, I find you interesting because you're different.
So, if you're conservative politically, not in the least geeky, and totally typical and think of yourself as totally whitebread and boring, I find that interesting, because it's different.
So, in short: if we have anything in common, I think you're interesting. If we have nothing in common, I think you're interesting. This may be why there's like 274 people on my friends list, and growing all the time.
Also, I don't have reading lists. I just read my whole friends list. I mean, y'all are on it because I think you're interesting. And I comment on posts, too. So, like, you might have friended me, just in case I write something else witty about squid, and then there I am giving you advice on how to care for you sick cat or something. Um. I hope you don't find that weird.
Yeah. So, in conclusion, hi, welcome, and Lis is telling me to shut off the damn computer and come to bed. G'night all!
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