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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2012-05-17 01:04 pm

Friending Policy

Hi Friends, LJ Users, Nigerian Scammers, Russian Bots and sundry others!
Thanks for taking a moment to read my sticky post on friending.

On the whole, there's no need to friend me if you just want to read my fics, since they are posted unlocked. In fact, most of my locked posts are me ranting about the state of the world (usually from a politics or media slant) or some such.

Generally, I am a ready friender. If you friend me and you have entries in your livejournal or have commented on some of my posts, you can usually expect to be friended back, unless:
* There are no entries in your LJ.
* I do not recall us ever having 'spoken' online (given how selective my memory is, you should probably assume this.)
* Your LJ is written wholly in a language I do not speak (pretty much anything that is not English, or French or Italian (both of which I speak poorly), or German, Spanish, Latin, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Welsh or Irish (all of which I have a smattering of and enough reference books to get the gist.) (Though if your journal is in actual Latin as opposed to Lorem Ipsum, I will probably immediately friend you on principle.)
* Your journal consists of several entries a day concerning My Little Pony, school and whether your hair looks better in plaits, pigtails, or with a fringe pouf. You are probably adorable, but should not be subjected to my occasional flocked rants.

SO, if you've friended me (thanks!) and I've not friended you back, just drop a brief line saying 'Excuse me, oh vague and neglectful one, could you friend me back please?'

I can't guarantee that I will ever have time to be a good lj friend, but I will try and provide you with amusing content and I always try to read my whole flist. Well, the stuff before the cut at any rate.

[identity profile] faynia.livejournal.com 2009-05-17 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I totally would friend you again, simply for that greeting line. If I was dedicated enough to this statement, I'd go modify our friendship right now. *G*

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-05-17 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
HEE! I was always taught that one should be polite, even to bots!

[identity profile] faynia.livejournal.com 2009-05-17 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
They are always given the short end of the stick. And they're getting so clever now! Despite their usernames still making no sense in any universe. They start out in Russian, and move on to modifying their profiles to add sparkly graphics and take time to make three journal entries.

They deserve proper greetings.
drgaellon: Adam Lambert (Adam 2)

[personal profile] drgaellon 2009-05-17 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
I got friended last night by someone whose only two posts were get-rich-quick schemes (a link to a "Google Money Maker" and one to "Get Grants from the US Government - only $15 shipping for our FREE guide book!"). Yeah, I think not.