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wispfoxA very nice LJ metaphor pointed out to me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladytabitha, written by magpiegeese.
As I commented, although probably not word-for-word because I rarely do _anything_ word-for-word, the most common reason for me to drop someone from my friends list is because their journal is painful for me too read. Too much pain, not enough joy. A mix is good - a mix makes people more real - but if they are always down, especially if they never seem to _do_ anything to change things, I cannot handle reading them. Doesn't matter if I know the person offline or not, although I will feel a little worse about dropping someone I know offline as apposed to someone I only know online.
(The other most common reason would be how interesting I find their writing as compared to how often they post. I'm not entirely sure I'd keep myself on my friends list, were I not me - I post a lot, and I'm not sure how much of that is particularly interesting to anyone not in my head. *shrug*)
ladytabitha, written by magpiegeese.As I commented, although probably not word-for-word because I rarely do _anything_ word-for-word, the most common reason for me to drop someone from my friends list is because their journal is painful for me too read. Too much pain, not enough joy. A mix is good - a mix makes people more real - but if they are always down, especially if they never seem to _do_ anything to change things, I cannot handle reading them. Doesn't matter if I know the person offline or not, although I will feel a little worse about dropping someone I know offline as apposed to someone I only know online.
(The other most common reason would be how interesting I find their writing as compared to how often they post. I'm not entirely sure I'd keep myself on my friends list, were I not me - I post a lot, and I'm not sure how much of that is particularly interesting to anyone not in my head. *shrug*)
