Friends list clearout

[compilerbitch]

I have just done a bit of a clearout of my friends list, removing a number of accounts for various reasons. Some were just dead accounts. Some were people I friended who didn't friend me in return, and/or who I've met and didn't hit it off with. They're gone.

I don't make many friends only posts anyway, it's pretty rare for me, so i'm not really denying people access to anything in particular. It's just that if I make an effort to be friendly to people and they choose not to reciprocate, frankly they can sod off. In the nicest possible way.

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[arkady.livejournal.com]

If someone adds me, I tend to follow their LJ for a while first to see if they seem to be the sort of person I'd feel comfortable seeing the contents of my head; I'm only just getting over a nervous breakdown that happened back in October, so I'm still a bit nervous around people I don't know very well. Do you mind if I read for a while longer?

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Do as you wish. Feel under no pressure or obligation either way. (As an aside, I've been there too, in 1989 when my business crashed in the recession of the time -- I still haven't really got back all the confidence I had before then, so I really do understand.)