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[senoritafish]

This doesn't really apply to anyone who would really be reading this, but I was interested to read on news yesterday that LJ will start imposing limits on how many posts you can enter a day. I was amazed at how much commentary it generated in the space of a few hours. While I rarely make more than 2 or 3 a day, and wouldn't come anywhere near the 20 (ack, now 50! - do some people really write that much?! Do they have any other life?) proposed for paid users, I was somewhat perplexed to see comments such as "A limit is good, because some of my friends post too much!"

Huh? I guess am still coming from the place that your journal is primarily for yourself, although it's gratifying to have your friends read it and get some feedback. You can put any damn thing in there you please (per the TOS), or as often as you please - especially if you happen to be having a bad day. Why not? If you do have a limited number just use subheadings in one post. Granted, if you're a polite person, and realize that other people are reading it, you can make it easier for them by using cut tags and such. But by the same token, if someone is doing something annoying in their journal (and it's their journal, not a community), you can either 1) tell them - maybe they're not aware (politely, I would hope - "and here's how you can fix that...") or 2) filter them out until they get over whatever is annoying you. You do have some control, you don't have to read everything that scrolls in front of your eyes!

This seems like the same argument in favor of censorship because some people can't figure out how to change the channel or turn anything off. I would post this over there, but it would just get buried in the morass of a thousand other comments. And I can see why they would need limits - I'm not opposed to them, just the reasoning (not the LJ staff's, the makers of the above comment).

I hope I haven't been being annoying. You'd tell me, wouldn't you?

Comments

[bakayaro-onna.livejournal.com]

The link did not work, perhaps you could enlighten us more?

Pretty strange, telling people to shut up and only post x amount of times a day. Some of these journal/blogs are really helpful for ranting and ranting sometimes takes lots of little entries to do so.

No, you are not annoying, fishie girl!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Thanks, onna. :)

Sorry, I put it as a community, not a user - fixed now.

These are the relevant posts:

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=news&itemid=63413

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=news&itemid=63562

news is a good thing to add to your friends page just to keep up with site updates. They seem to be making them more often lately.

Sad, but freebies seem to be going the way of the coelocanth - few and far between and often dead when you do find them.

[bakayaro-onna.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info about "news". When I can find some energy to sit up for a while AND sit in front of a computer I will check it out.

I am SOOOOOOO tired of this tooth saga!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I hope now that you've had all the major work done, it will heal quickly. I wish I had some more helpful suggestions for you, other than get well soon.

[vwsrmylife.livejournal.com]

yes, yup, uhuh, yessiree, yeowzaa!!! i would tell you. if i posted here 20 times aday, i don't know how long i would be able to afford my internet service.

i really don't know what to think about it except that the small amount of dough i spend to keep my account paid keeps me from killing myself over not being able to blow up everyone elses journals.

g

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Blow them up? You mean the really annoying ones? :)

It's a good outlet. And if having that outlet keeps anyone from doing anything drastic, it's more than worth its upkeep.

Hang in there, gracie.