Spring cleaning for the intarwebs

[fun_like_that]

I just did a pretty big defriending of people and communities. I've been friending people on memes who I really don't know that well and I'm stepping into new fandoms, away from people who I didn't have much in common with in the first place. I'm finding it hard to keep up with everything as it is, as I'm sure everyone else knows as I also defriended a few journals of people who haven't updated in awhile.

I know it's not that big a deal to defriend people on LJ and all but I just wanted to let people know, if they were oddly curious, that I'm just cleaning the friends list, nothing personal. Either we didn't comment at all on each other's journals (and I'm one of the first to admit that I suck with commenting, which is another reason to trim the flist- to increase that) or we really didn't have anything in common or we just drifted out of the same interests or something. Most of the posts I make lately are unlocked and fandom-related so it's not that big a deal anyway.

I feel cheesy for even having written one of these posts but I always feel bad when I defriend people.

Comments

[ithilmenel.livejournal.com]

I dislike doing f-list cuts but sometimes it's just necessary. I do f-list cuts at times and feel guilty for it but then the people I cut usually doesn't notice until months later and then I'm all "Pffft" about it. ;)

[marishna.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is necessary. It also provides an out for someone else because, really, if you don't talk and haven't commented in forever but the other one hasn't made the first move yet, you might as well just get on with it. I do sometimes feel bad about defriending people I've had on my flist forever but *shrugs* what are you doing to do?