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[nolly]

I'm considering trimming my flist. I'd like to know who's reading. Not answering does not mean you will necessarily be dropped; asking to stay means you will not be included in this purge; asking to be dropped...well, I'd hope no one does, but I will if you want me to. Asking to be added increases your chances, but is ultimately my call; if I add anyone, it will probably be after I've dropped some.

[Poll #514256]

(For the record, I deliberately chose check boxes rather than radio buttons, so you can, for example, mark both "Please keep me" and "Do what you will".)

Edit, 7/6/05: I have completed my first round of deletions, and am just barely under 500. I will probably wait a bit and maybe delete a few more before adding anyone, in order to stay under 500. (Why 500? info page flist display gets wonky over 500, which is the main thing motivating this in the first place.) if, for some reason, you respond to this poll after this point, please comment; I will not be watching the results anymore.

Comments

[ambyr.livejournal.com]

Ah. . .see, I'm always startled by the concept of not reading someone on my friendslist (the same way I'm startled that other people -don't- check livejournal every fifteen minutes. Err.). My friendslist would be better called a "reading list," and I forget other people don't define it the same way.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I do read everyone on my list -- all 550+ of y'all. But it's a bit much sometimes, and there are folks who've never commented and who I've never commented on, and if we also don't interact much off LJ...I occasionally wonder which are actually interested. Eventually, I'll look at those who've not responded and decide which are sufficiently interesting that I'm keeping them regardless and which I may drop. (I mean, if they weren't at all interesting, chances are I wouldn't have added them to begin with. I may not drop anyone, in the end. But I can at least rule out folks who want to be kept this way, which narrows my decisions-space.)