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what th--? meme
Sep. 15th, 2006 10:28 am.
I started out on LJ by carefully picking people I knew or had some online history with. I have added people when I became aware of who they were. Sometimes people have friended me, and after sniffing at their LJ or user info, I've ended up friending them back. And -- as you know, Bob -- people sometimes have somewhat obscure handles. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gerisullivan? budwebster? Who are these people? What do they have to hide?) The result is that I have friends I can't identify. Did I forget? Did I blank out? Or is my personal magnetism so great that I've started attracting friends from other solar systems?
So here's my meme, which I have just made up. If you suspect or have good reason to believe I don't know who you are, uncloak! At least give me a clue or something. A first name and location, a web page, or perhaps a large check with your address on it would suffice. If I was fresher and not wanting to go out and (gasp) do something today, I'd make a specific list of who I know I know. If your handle is your name, I probably know who you are. If I've met you in person and have referred to it here, I probably know. If you are from the Newport News area, I probably know. If I met you at the LJ panel at Pi-Con, I know.
Otherwise, give a senile fella with stitches on his head (cheap ploy for sympathy there) a break. You don't have to violate your own privacy, but if we've never met and you found my journal through a mutual friend, just say so. If you are really me, posting in my own sleep, just say so. If you're a fourth-dimensional creature who will destroy the solar system on being exposed, well, you can keep your secret a while longer.
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I started out on LJ by carefully picking people I knew or had some online history with. I have added people when I became aware of who they were. Sometimes people have friended me, and after sniffing at their LJ or user info, I've ended up friending them back. And -- as you know, Bob -- people sometimes have somewhat obscure handles. (
gerisullivan? budwebster? Who are these people? What do they have to hide?) The result is that I have friends I can't identify. Did I forget? Did I blank out? Or is my personal magnetism so great that I've started attracting friends from other solar systems?So here's my meme, which I have just made up. If you suspect or have good reason to believe I don't know who you are, uncloak! At least give me a clue or something. A first name and location, a web page, or perhaps a large check with your address on it would suffice. If I was fresher and not wanting to go out and (gasp) do something today, I'd make a specific list of who I know I know. If your handle is your name, I probably know who you are. If I've met you in person and have referred to it here, I probably know. If you are from the Newport News area, I probably know. If I met you at the LJ panel at Pi-Con, I know.
Otherwise, give a senile fella with stitches on his head (cheap ploy for sympathy there) a break. You don't have to violate your own privacy, but if we've never met and you found my journal through a mutual friend, just say so. If you are really me, posting in my own sleep, just say so. If you're a fourth-dimensional creature who will destroy the solar system on being exposed, well, you can keep your secret a while longer.
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