Friends Cut.

[miss_s_b]

I have done a friends cut, here, and on Facebook, and on twitter. It's has been a pretty deep one - about a third of my f-list on all three - and in all three cases I have removed people I actually know in real life as well as internetty friends. This was a pretty hard thing to do for me.

If you've gone in this cull, please please please don't think I hate you or anything like that, I just don't have the time to keep up with you all. I wish I did, but I don't. I did think about moving a bunch of you off the default filter, but I figured that would be dishonest.

If you still want to keep up with me, and don't hate me for de-friending you, do keep reading theyorkshergob; none of you will be unwelcome, and most of the interesting stuff gets posted there anyway.

* hugs for you all *

Sorry. This is just one of the sanity-saving measures I am doing after nearly imploding earlier in the week.

Comments

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the fact I can still read older posts I'm saved?

But anyway *HUGS* for you and everyone in the SB household. Hope everything gets back on track soon ♥

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Nothing gets past you, does it ;)

And yeah, things are getting there. Sanity measures are being deployed and they seem to be working.

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

Oh heck no ;) Though you did scare me for a minute back there!

Good to hear that and don't worry about moaning, the 40+ comments on previous posts show we don't mind ;)

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not worried. It's kind of like the house tidying. I'm going through and clearing out my inbox now...

[alawston.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised *sigh*

Take care.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

You too.

Just got your facebook comment, and am putting two and two together: my main reason for cutting you on LJ? You post too much. Which is rich coming from me, I know. Not for any other reasons.

* hug *

Tis true what I said up there: I have cut a third off my f-list, including people I know in reality. I'm not doing a sneaky thing.

[js84.livejournal.com]

Goodbye!

I'll join TYG and read your posts on there.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon.

[blazingskies.livejournal.com]

*is happy she made the cut*

Seen you've been having a rough time of it lately, hun. Feel better soon, ok?

*fluffy hugs*

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I'm getting there, I think.

[xiv-gemina.livejournal.com]

Blimey - 33% 'cull' and still with the massive Flist?

I'm not surprised you've had to cut it down - keeping up with one's interwebular Friends & Contacts can rapidly spiral until it takes up nearly all of one's Life®.

Doing the cull must have been difficult & stressful in itself. I hope that the reduction enables you to concentrate more on giving your self (& Mat & shrublette) some more 'Quality Time', and help to reduce the Stresses that you face.

Best wishes,
G.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I hope that the reduction enables you to concentrate more on giving your self (& Mat & shrublette) some more 'Quality Time', and help to reduce the Stresses that you face.

That's the general idea, yes.

* hug *

[scarletribbon.livejournal.com]

i know how you feel about this. never feel guilty for doing what you need to do. ♥

[minnesattva.livejournal.com]

What they said: don't feel guilty. You're doing what you need to do, clearing up your online space as surely as your physical one. Hopefully it all leaves you less stressed. Guilt is a sign of stress, which is why we don't want that.

[ingriam.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiousity, why did I get cut? I'm not that boring, am I?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

No, you're not boring, and nor are lots of the other people who got cut. I just had to make the cut somewhere, and you fell on the one side. I went down the list, and unchecked as many boxes as I could, and some of them really hurt, and even now it's probably not enough, but there aren't enough hours in the day, and I wasn't keeping up with ANYONE. I know it's unfair on some people, but it's better than being unfair to everyone, which is what I have been doing recently.

[ingriam.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. See ya. ♥

[inner-starfish.livejournal.com]

I'm never sure why you keep me on, but thank you :-)

[refusion.livejournal.com]

I am always surprised when people keep me, as I think that I am the most boring person on the planet. Thanks for keeping me, and I hope you're feeling better soon.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[staceyuk.livejournal.com]

*big hugs* Thanks for keeping me!

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

*huggles* Know what it's like when RL gets stupid and LJ is swallowing your life. I have a 'super flock' and an 'all friends' filter - it's the only way to maintain some semblance of sanity.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

Thank you for keeping me :)

I promise I'll try to write more interesting stuff soon instead of filler polls. There are LOADS of interesting things I want to write about, but job means I really can't.

In my experience, the media gets it right about 20% of the time. The rest is hysteria, hyperbole, hypothesis and just plain lies. That's what's really grinding my gears at the moment.

-x-

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the fact I can still read older posts I'm saved?

But anyway *HUGS* for you and everyone in the SB household. Hope everything gets back on track soon ♥

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Nothing gets past you, does it ;)

And yeah, things are getting there. Sanity measures are being deployed and they seem to be working.

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

Oh heck no ;) Though you did scare me for a minute back there!

Good to hear that and don't worry about moaning, the 40+ comments on previous posts show we don't mind ;)

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not worried. It's kind of like the house tidying. I'm going through and clearing out my inbox now...

[alawston.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised *sigh*

Take care.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

You too.

Just got your facebook comment, and am putting two and two together: my main reason for cutting you on LJ? You post too much. Which is rich coming from me, I know. Not for any other reasons.

* hug *

Tis true what I said up there: I have cut a third off my f-list, including people I know in reality. I'm not doing a sneaky thing.

[js84.livejournal.com]

Goodbye!

I'll join TYG and read your posts on there.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon.

[blazingskies.livejournal.com]

*is happy she made the cut*

Seen you've been having a rough time of it lately, hun. Feel better soon, ok?

*fluffy hugs*

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I'm getting there, I think.

[xiv-gemina.livejournal.com]

Blimey - 33% 'cull' and still with the massive Flist?

I'm not surprised you've had to cut it down - keeping up with one's interwebular Friends & Contacts can rapidly spiral until it takes up nearly all of one's Life®.

Doing the cull must have been difficult & stressful in itself. I hope that the reduction enables you to concentrate more on giving your self (& Mat & shrublette) some more 'Quality Time', and help to reduce the Stresses that you face.

Best wishes,
G.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I hope that the reduction enables you to concentrate more on giving your self (& Mat & shrublette) some more 'Quality Time', and help to reduce the Stresses that you face.

That's the general idea, yes.

* hug *

[scarletribbon.livejournal.com]

i know how you feel about this. never feel guilty for doing what you need to do. ♥

[minnesattva.livejournal.com]

What they said: don't feel guilty. You're doing what you need to do, clearing up your online space as surely as your physical one. Hopefully it all leaves you less stressed. Guilt is a sign of stress, which is why we don't want that.

[ingriam.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiousity, why did I get cut? I'm not that boring, am I?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

No, you're not boring, and nor are lots of the other people who got cut. I just had to make the cut somewhere, and you fell on the one side. I went down the list, and unchecked as many boxes as I could, and some of them really hurt, and even now it's probably not enough, but there aren't enough hours in the day, and I wasn't keeping up with ANYONE. I know it's unfair on some people, but it's better than being unfair to everyone, which is what I have been doing recently.

[ingriam.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. See ya. ♥

[inner-starfish.livejournal.com]

I'm never sure why you keep me on, but thank you :-)

[refusion.livejournal.com]

I am always surprised when people keep me, as I think that I am the most boring person on the planet. Thanks for keeping me, and I hope you're feeling better soon.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[staceyuk.livejournal.com]

*big hugs* Thanks for keeping me!

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

*huggles* Know what it's like when RL gets stupid and LJ is swallowing your life. I have a 'super flock' and an 'all friends' filter - it's the only way to maintain some semblance of sanity.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

Thank you for keeping me :)

I promise I'll try to write more interesting stuff soon instead of filler polls. There are LOADS of interesting things I want to write about, but job means I really can't.

In my experience, the media gets it right about 20% of the time. The rest is hysteria, hyperbole, hypothesis and just plain lies. That's what's really grinding my gears at the moment.

-x-

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

Hello, not sure how this works but figured I would say hello now I have an open id

[miss_s_b]

Hello!

* grants you access *