zedmelon's Journal: A journal entry ALREADY?!?

There are slashdotters who write in their journal every day. My own journal has languished in disuse, since I've never had anything worth putting in it. Well I finally do.

I found a +4 funny post today by Xandar01 . And while it made me grin, I found the post to be more informative than funny. But what I really admire is his sig:

Did you impress me enough to get moderated? Check my journal.

It's an excellent idea, promoting good posting, more traffic on /., and slashdotters supporting one another, since it appears he only moderates in the positive. I hope if Xandar01 finds out about my journal that he sees it from an "imitation is the most sincere form of flattery" perspective, because I liked his so much that I'm going to do the same. I only wish I had seen it or thought of it sooner, since I could have posted four entries already since March, when I started reading regularly. Five entries if I hadn't been so busy on Tuesday. Lame.

This journal entry form has the option to disable comments accompanied by the caveat that they "cannot be disabled once enabled." I wonder three things:

1. Does selecting this option affect my entire Journal, or only this comment?
2. Will I regret enabling comments, REALLY regret enabling them, or be glad I did so?
3. Will I give a shit at all next week?

Well, I suppose all there is to do now is read /. and wait for more mod points to land in my lap...

Thanks!!!

[Xandar01]

You know, I had intended to change my sig line because it didn't seem to be getting any extra attention for my journal. Now I think I'll leave it be for awhile. As for the format of my mod entries, I had just changed it with MOD IX and I thought that was a much better format than the straight hyper links I had been doing. However after reading your entry above, I think I'll include the names of who I have modded (linked to the comment they made.)

Thanks again and I am flattered.

Re:Thanks!!!

[zedmelon]

You're welcome. Although I still haven't had time to follow all the links, I really can't think of a better journal entry than the ones you've been logging.

And yes, the format is much better; I like it.

Thanks for the inspiration. One thing though... how'd you find out so quickly about this journal entry?

Re:Thanks!!!

[Xandar01]

I was checking on the moderation of that one post about the roller coaster, and I decided to check on my friends/fans. I was surprised to find that I had some new fans. I normally checkout who has made me a fan before I add them as a friend, just to see "who" they are. Since you made yourself a fan and I happened to check, I found you pretty quick.

Funny thing is, today I was checking my fans and stuff because none of the stories posted really interested me and I found I had some new fans, including turg in

Re:Thanks!!!

[zedmelon]

Thanks.

I, too, have been considering changing the sig, since I haven't had any reaction, postive nor negative. I was happy with it, but...

Anyway, I just noticed this:

• I really can't think of a better journal entry than the ones you've been logging.

Since no one's entered anything in their journal to the effect of

• "I just sent zedmelon a cashier's check for TEN MILLION DOLLARS, and I feel GREAT

I feel compelled to clarify that and say

• I really haven't seen a better journal entry than the ones you'v

questions

[turg]

1. No, you choose whether to enable/disable comments for each JE
2. You won't regret it. You'll be glad.
3. No, you won't.

Re:questions

[zedmelon]

Thank you for responding. Although you missed one.

1. Cool. I like that.
2. You were completely right.
3. If #2 had been wrong, maybe #3 would be right. But since I've already had two very positive replies posted to my journal, I've incentive to do it again. There are tons of posts suggesting the notion that /. sucks, and that has been beaten back again.

Of course, you can't ignore the fact that someone posting something like that still had to READ /. to make the post...