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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] lemniciate.livejournal.com 2011-07-24 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! Friending you as I've been enjoying your fic and it'd be nice to have them updated on my flist if you post more. No pressure to add back. :)

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2011-07-24 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I love to friend back! And I apologise that this week things will be mostly politics, ukulele and work, but if you have come from an archive or a fest, there might be some stories you haven't read with the fic tag. Er ... some of them may not be finished ... Sorry!

[identity profile] lemniciate.livejournal.com 2011-07-24 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Gosh, no need to apologise, I'm interested in politics and talk too much about work myself (also, I'm a little in awe at your ability to play the ukelele!). I have indeed been boggling over all the fic by you that I seem to have missed in my giant hiatus from HP fandom, haha. Sorry if I friend and disappear, I'm just working my way through your entire fic masterlist!

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2011-07-24 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
'Play' is a bit overly kind, I can perform a tune with three chords moderately creditably ;-) But it's only been three weeks, and I have at least learned all the major and minor chords. First lesson on Wednesday! I would be able to play some Mumford and Sons if only I could manage the shift to Em smoothly ...

And I am smiling because I had been feeling that my output was feebly low of late, but if you have four year's worth, it's not so bad!