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 thoughtfulI have been what they say 'blogging' for about 5 years. The site that I started with is a fairly busy one, but it is not personal. It serves as a news archive for the happenings in my home country with my people. It is my way of contributing something to the cause of Irish nationalism at this point in my life when I find myself out of country due to me experiences previously in the pursuit of nationalism. Enough about that. That site is very busy, yet it seldom gets comments, and sometimes when it does, they are very derogatory. This I expect. I simply delete the comments which are totally disrespectful and insulting. One of my sites is so sensitive to me, that I dun even allow unmoderated comments at all. I must approve. I have been accused by some as being wrong to do this and that it is a form of censorship. Of course it is. It's my site. It's my call. But concerning the other comments I get on that site, many of them are requesting help or information. If I run an article on a convent establishing a prayerline, I will even get comments asking ME for prayers. Such is the nature of the internet. I always try to answer my comments, and my emails I receive as a result of my posts. I consider it my responsibility to do so. If I did not, I would feel horribly derelict. If I dun know what the information is that is asked for, I will try to point the person in the right direction with links and whatnot. 'Tis the least I can do. On my personal journals, I have received many comments, and most are in the nature of simple conversation. My friends and acquaintences are acknowledging that I am there and they are saying 'hello Oona.' Sometimes they comment directly about my post. I am always glad to receive comments. If it is a one off type of comment, I always answer it back. If we start commenting back and forth, then I won't feel totally obligated to answer every single one because it will have to trail off somewhere. This is common courtesy in my opinion. I also think it is my responsibility to check on my friends' posts frequently. If they are writing about something esoteric with which I have no experience, then I will pass on the comments, but I have some friends who never come to see me. They will answer me if I comment to them, but they never take the time to come to my house. This I consider rude, but then perhaps they are busy or have a lot of friends. On melo, I had close to 300 friends, but when someone made me a comment, I answered them back. I did not read all their posts every day of course, but I did look at the titles to see what I might like to read. If someone dropped from view for a long time, I would go over and ask about them. I have been told that I have no life and that I have nothing else to do with myself, but during the regular year, I do work full time and I have pets I care for, so this is not entirely true. That I prefer the computer to dealing with real people in person is certainly true however. That's just me. So, that is my take on journal etiquette. :) | ||||||||||
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 anxiousI have never started a community before, so I had no idea how to do it, but I think everything is going well. I have it set up. I just need to see if anyone there will be interested. :) I looked on Lj and found a very nice one called cat_lovers, and it seems commendable in many ways. The introduction states the rules, which are reasonable and not arrogant elitist bullshit like some communities I have seen. I looked at the posts, and questions and concerns get quick reader response and some really solid and knowledgeable replies. It's a going concern! I thought about making one here at Deadjournal because all the ones I saw were rather...well, dead, but I am a bit leery of it. I dun want to hear a bunch of horror stories concerning animals. I'll think about it. I dunno. :/ Wish me luck please! :) | ||||||||||
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1,754 journal entries in 2 and 1/2 years. :O Someone desperately needs a LIFE! | ||||||||||
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On tsfkas, the user 'miang' gave a link to a gj account which explained how to make some extra layouts at Lj clone sites. Many allow their free users to do this. Deadjournal does not, but I can do it on my paid account, so I will include the instruction links for anyone interested. The two layouts I was interested in importing to Deadjournal were Smooth Sailing and Flexible Squares. Both work quite well here. Once you make your actual layers, you will find them when you go to the customisation section and look for your custom layers as a type or just search for the layout names in the little box. It is just nice to have them in case you want to use them. I have a really sweet layout called Kumponent1 over at Gj, but I canny get it to work anywhere else. I will have to research this. Please go to musycal_test for instructions. You might want to copy them all as GJ is not long for this world. :( | ||||||||||
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I have stumbled onto a little Lj clone site called Inksome, which used to be called Scribblit. I joined just because I am lame and make sites all over the net. It appeared pretty dead over there, but I am finding out that the site consists of these group role players. Now, you might think that they are role playing something exciting like a fantasy video game or some glamorous lifestyle, but get this! I just read a couple journals where the whole story line is going to revolve around an apartment house in Milwaukee! :O I mean, come ON! An apartment house? I thought my life was dull.  | ||||||||||
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I know it might not seem like it, but I have become very attached to this particular journal. No, it's not the one I use every day for my personal shite and no, it's wayyyy far off from my political ones where I have thousands of posts, but I like this one. It is tucked away here at Deadjournal where no one ever sees it but me. I got it from one of those communities where people post their invite codes or extra journals or where people beg and grovel for codes or cast-off journals. I can't remember which one now because there are so many, and I still visit them from time to time to see what people are up to. Today I accidentally found a page just filled with unused Needless Panic codes, so I have been making a few, as I did not have any before. I don't think anyone knows where this page is because it's been posted since February! I also found a site called Melodramatic that is a little strange. The site works maybe 75% of the time. The rest of the time it is hanging in cyberspace. Everyone's avatar follows them around when they post (on the front page) or comment and karma points are given for various activities, such as being the first to welcome a new user. The site is very weird I think, not your standard venue. Layouts have to be searched for and applied to a single post in order to be seen. There are some nice people there, though. | ||||||||||
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