Punctuation; flist filtering?

[tree_and_leaf]

Why does the newsletter from Melvyn Bragg on 'In Our Time' always arrive missing every single apostrophe, except for the one in the programme title in the subject line? It's surprisingly painful to read, and it's odd that one of R4's most self-consciously Intelleckshul programmes thus comes out looking sub-literate.

Also: I've posted a fair amount of religious/ churchy stuff recently, and I'm wondering if it is a good idea to put it on some sort of filter. (Of course, that would entail finding out how to do so). I'm unsure about filters - they seem rather artificial to me, though that may be because I ramble a lot and am quite capable of talking about the C of E and fannish stuff in the same post... Thoughts?

Comments

[juno-magic.livejournal.com]

I may not read every post, but I would like to be able to read them. You have such interesting and unusual thoughts and information in those posts!

[tree_and_leaf]

Thank you - on the basis of the response so far, I think I shall abandon the idea, anyway. But I'm glad you find what you read interesting!

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

I rarely ever comment on your CoE-related posts, but I do read them. So, if you decide to put up a filter, please sign me up for it.

[tree_and_leaf]

I don't think I will, as everyone who has commented so far either doesn't think it's necessary or wants to be on the filter - and the rest are evidently capable of scrolling past without getting upset! But it's nice to know that people read even when they don't comment.

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Despite not being religious (and therefore on some levels not entitled to any opinion on the matter), I often read your CofE posts. I personally don't think they're disconnected enough from the rest of your journal to warrant a filter - but it's your call.

[tree_and_leaf]

I personally don't think they're disconnected enough from the rest of your journal to warrant a filter

Yes - that was the root of my reservations about the idea in the first place. I think on balance I'll leave things as they are.

Incidentally, I've been meaning to say for ages that I think that icon is brilliant.

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

Nah, leave it As-Is. That's what these things are for - surely? - so(apostrophe)'s you can ramble about anything you want and do these stream-of-consciousy things.

[tree_and_leaf]

The ability to ramble on is one of the things I love about LJ, to be honest...

[themolesmother.livejournal.com]

I find your CofE posts interesting and insightful. I'd like to be able to continue reading them.

MM

[tree_and_leaf]

Thank you - I think I will continue as I have been doing, given the response.

[dameboudicca.livejournal.com]

I think it would be unnecessary to put it under a filter - and there's always the advantage of being able to write about more than one subject in a post, as you yourself said.

But IF you do decide to have a filter I would very much like to be able to read it anyway - I find the stuff fascinating!

[tree_and_leaf]

Glad you find it interesting - and you're right about the benefits of being able to combine subjects (er, or ramble!)

[lizw.livejournal.com]

You probably only need a filter if either (a) you have people on your friends list who really don't want to see anything about that subject, even for the few seconds it takes to scroll past or (b) you want to say things about that subject that you don't want everyone on your friends list to see. If you do decide to make a filter, you can do it by going to your homepage, hovering over "Friends", and then selecting "Manage Custom Groups". From there, it's fairly self-explanatory. Then, to post to your new filter, you just select "Custom" rather than "Friends" as the security level, and it will show you a list of all your available filters, with tickboxes. Again, fairly self-explanatory once you get there :-)

[tree_and_leaf]

Thanks for the advice - I think I'll leave the filters, though I may change my mind if I ever feel the need to post in excruciating detail about my vocational issues....

[mk-tortie.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to read whatever you post, I find it fairly boring when people only talk about fandom and nothing else!

[tree_and_leaf]

Thanks - and I agree with you, one of the joys of LJ is the range of things people post about.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

I only ever filter either work related stuff that I don't want the odd student on my flist to read or something that I think might hurt the feelings of someone on my flist, or occasionally intensely personal things that I really don't want the "whole world" to read. I don't think your c of e musings fall under any of those categories, and personally find them interesting. Anyone who doesn't can always skip or skim.

[tree_and_leaf]

Thanks for the advice - and yes, none of this falls into any of your categories!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

I know folks who filter the hell out of their posts, mostly because their fannish friends and their political party friends would eat each other if they didn't. And some folks like to have some privacy for posts with a lot of personal info...but personally, I rarely use filters. I figure it's all me, so it's all on the journal. I say do what you want, if people aren't interested in a post they can skip over it, no real need to filter it unless you actively don't want some folks to see it.

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, thanks, I think that's sensible.

My dear.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

I'd read a post by you if it were concerned with composting or the principles of chartered accountancy. Filter nothing!

Re: My dear.

[tree_and_leaf]

Highly unlikely that I will write on either (though I am astonished that I have thus far resisted the temptation to rant about the idiosyncracies of the Freiburg rubbish system, not to mention the red letter I got from them for a bill for rubbish collection that had been paid... oh, too late). But thank you for your kind sentiments!

For some reason your comment reminded me that John Buchan wrote a book on tax laws. On checking this on Wikipedia, I discovered that the US edition of 'Sick Heart River' was published under the title of 'Mountain Meadow'. I cannot for the life of me imagine why.

[darkthirty.livejournal.com]

Filtering always seems to me more for the person writing than the readers. I hate being asked the question, because of what it implies to me as a person/reader - that I only read about X or Y, never Z, for example, say.

I write about what I want, and half hope half expect others to write about what they want. After all, it isn't conformjournal.