Journal KarmaOverDogma's Journal: What it takes to make a Friend/Fan/Foe/Freak 3
Every once in a while I take some time to take a look at my user account and check up on the Friends, Fans, and Freaks list.
I check up on Friends to see if they have written anything interesting in their journals (assuming they use them) or posts here on
I check on Fans to see if anyone new likes (or no longer likes) me based on what I have said, in addition to the above listed reasons for Friends shown above.
I check on Freaks to see if anyone new hates me based on what I have said in a journal or posting. Perhaps hate is to strong of a word, but I have to start somewhere.
As of my writing this Journal, I gained a freak, bring my total number of freaks to two. I believe this is based on what is admittadly my very left wing reading previous journal. It is my new antagonist and the reason for him (likely a he, based on the
I find the area of Freaks to be much more interesting because of my belief that while it is interesting to study the habits of friends and those who may admire you or be like minded in some way, it is often much more interesting and educational to study the habits and beliefs of those who I have somehow rubbed the wrong way strongly enough to have them mark me as a Foe.
So far, I have no Foes. I've been on
In studying my "Freaks," their posts and journals, it is intersting to see both their habits and mine: we tend to post in certain areas of interest (not always the same) and offer what can be, with a little research and insight, often predictable but sometimes educational and/or surprising responses. I find my Freaks to be, oddly enough, the ones I pay the most attention to because while they may hate me, I am very interested in what they have to say and am on the lookout for whatever Gems of Wisdom, Reason, or Insight that they may have precisely because they have what is probably a very different viewpoint than my own. I also sometimes get a good laugh from whatever rants they may be on, but the same could perhaps be said of them for me...
My questions, to anyone who may read this are: what does it take for you to mark someone as a friend or foe? Why? How long does it take? Do you keep tabs on them? if so why and how closely? Have you ever moved someone from one list to another? If so, what prompted you to make the change?
I know that MacDaddy, one of my freaks, asked in his latest journal a very similar set of questions. The credit goes to him and those who responded to his journal entry for the basis of my questions and many of my observations here.
Thanks to any who may care to respond to this.
Funny you should mention this (Score:2)
Lately I have noticed a few of the more conservative people dropping me off of their friends list. Kinda makes me sad, but it makes the statement in my entry seem even more relevent: are some people so afraid to examine their own beliefs that they don't even want to hear different points of view?
Howdy Pardner! (Score:1)
That's interesting (Score:2)
Sadly, this is how my old acco