phineasjones

am i the only one who gets really stressed out over the whole friends list concept? maybe the problem is the term 'friends.' i wouldn't deny any worthy people my friendship! yet i cannot possibly take the time to read posts of all worthy people. and i actually read most of my friends page. so... ? people with 300+ friends, what do you do? filter? but then... what's the point?

arhoerigkjh!!! why do i care so much? i'm becoming convinced that no one worries about this as much as i do. ::sigh:: i recall happily the days of 50 friends. that was manageable. 70 is pushing it. what to do? what to do?

jeeennnnnnnyyyyyy!!!!!!! annnnneeeeyyyyyyyy!!!!!! where are yooooooooouuuuuuu??????

Current Mood: stressed

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dancingrain.livejournal.com

I completely second this advice, wholeheartedly. I've just recently set up reading filters since my friends list is now at 199, and it's LOVELY. Previously I'd just use one of my posting filters as a reading filter from time to time, and it never quite worked.
Anyway, now I have 7 (!!!) reading filters, by category. You can read more than one filter at once, so currently, for example, I'm reading two "real people's journals" filters at once. There's another "real people" filter I'll skim later if I have time, after I check out my communities filter, my LOTR-only filter, and my LJ-news-and-updates filter (all much shorter lists). If I'm in a fic mood, I will click to my fic-posting-only journals filter. It's FABULOUS for keeping things organized mentally too. It's easier to read people posts and then move to community posts, for instance.

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phineasjones.livejournal.com

yes. i'm starting to see the light here. i've only really had posting filters so far... but a reading filter - or multiple ones - that makes so much sense!

thanks.

oh, and searching for the therapist's number. you'd think i would put it somewhere easy to find. ::sigh::