apologiesqueen ([info]apologiesqueen) wrote in [info]thefridayfive,
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Friday Five -- February 29, 2008
This week's questions were suggested by [info]sumrsue79.

1. How long ago did you join LJ?
2. How did you find out about LJ?
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?


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[info]purplekat99
2008-02-29 02:42 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? 7+ years ago. Jan 2001
2. How did you find out about LJ? cara.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?nope.
4. Have you introduced anyone to lj? don't think so.
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? half and half. real entries, private. pictures and book reviews, public.

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[info]ardnaid
2008-02-29 02:46 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? 5-6 years ago.
2. How did you find out about LJ? A friend of mine on Neopets told me about it.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? Nope. She doesn't use LJ anymore. :(
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? Yes I have! I used to push people to get one because I like to share my addictions. Most of them don't use it much, though. :(
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? Basically public, with the occasional locked posts. I used to be totally FO, but I decided to change that when I got a new LJ.

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[info]omfg____hxc
2008-02-29 02:47 am UTC (link)
http://omfg----hxc.livejournal.com/83081.html

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[info]zhukora1
2008-02-29 02:52 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
I think sometime in early 2004. I don't really remember because I wasn't the one who created by account.

2. How did you find out about LJ?
My boyfriend at the time had an eljay and had decided to switch his posts to friends-only, so he obligingly made me an account (unsolicited) of my own so I could read them.

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Yes, but he stopped posting a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if he even reads his f-list anymore.

4. Have you introduced anyone to lj?
A few, but it mostly hasn't caught. The people I know who are inclined to keep up with something like eljay were generally already members, and those who weren't made accounts and never touched them again.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
Mostly f-locked, but there are a few posts I'll keep public either because I don't care much, or because people request that they be made open. It's f-locked as much as it is because some members of my extended family had fancied themselves real computer whizzes and managed to google up my journal...which I didn't mind, per se, but I did mind when they started airing my business in email form to anybody and everybody I'm related to instead of allowing me to do so tactfully on my own timetable. Completely justified, I'd think.

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[info]jane85
2008-02-29 02:53 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
January 2004, so over 4 years ago.

2. How did you find out about LJ?
Some of my friends at the time had journals.

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
I can't remember who specifically led me to LJ, so I can't be sure.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
My sisters. Maybe others as well but I'm not sure.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
Friends Only, because I like to know who's reading my journal.

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[info]bricksonbricks
2008-02-29 02:59 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? Been about five years, roughly.

2. How did you find out about LJ? Looking for a friend. (See next question.)

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? You might say it was an indirect introduction. I was looking for an old friend, and I found her on LJ. We've both changed names a few times, but she's still there, at the top of my friend list, both on and off LJ. :)

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? A couple of people, maybe three, perhaps four.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? Because of certain people (offline) who don't have much of a sense of humor, it's friends-only.

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[info]syrenshaeda
2008-02-29 03:01 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
According to my profile, late August 2004 X3 This account at least. So... Soon 4 years?
My first ever, [info]nemichan, which I never used, is from the middle of July 2004 8D

2. How did you find out about LJ?
I.. don't know. I have a feeling it was from someone on #neopets back in the day :P

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Probably? 8D

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
Nope.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
Public, for the most. Because I haven't bothered with this friends only thing 8D Although I have been thinking of it lately..

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[info]marlfox24
2008-02-29 03:02 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? 2003

2. How did you find out about LJ? My big sister told me about it, and got me the code to create one.

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? Yes, but she doesn't talk to me anymore.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? A couple people.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? Both. Somethings I don't want everybody to see. :)

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[info]_______awshucks
2008-02-29 03:10 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? about 5 years ago
2. How did you find out about LJ? my old best friend from middle school
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? no, i don't talk to them anymore
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? yeah, a few..years ago though
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? friends only because i used to write personal things in there and occasionally still do if i have something to get off my chest

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[info]gadaev
2008-02-29 03:12 am UTC (link)
http://gadaev.livejournal.com/590091.html.

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[info]la_petite_singe
2008-02-29 03:12 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
Four years ago; I had my anniversary on the 17th. ;)

2. How did you find out about LJ?
Through [info]jean_prouvaire.

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Yes, of course! She's one of my best RL friends.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
I think I'm gonna take credit for [info]la_belle_ange and [info]619slemabov1 (my other BFFs).

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
Mostly public, semi-friends only, occasionally private. Usually I just chatter about funny school things and post film reviews, but sometimes I want to talk about people in my life and don't want to risk anyone coming over from Facebook and seeing it or anything.

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[info]radicallindsay
2008-02-29 03:23 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? About 5 years ago, April 6, '03
2. How did you find out about LJ? [info]seraphzero told me he and [info]jackalc13 had one. We've known each other for years.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? Yep
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? My sister (her account is deleted now) and my best friend Ian [info]virgobrowneyez who's still very new at this
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? Use to be public but now it's friends only because there are assholes out there, and I made two enemies recently who use to be my best friends. Plus I heard employers are looking at/for their employees' blogs now.

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[info]eonen
2008-02-29 03:39 am UTC (link)
[info]thefridayfive

1. How long ago did you join LJ?
Six years ago...or something that like; I can't be bothered to go check. It was around the end of 2002, basically.

2. How did you find out about LJ?
Friends, word-of-mouth

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Yep. [info]faemortel was the culprit.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
Not that I can recall.

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
Little of both, actually; it's public to read, friends only to post responses.
'Way I figure it, I've got very little to hide, but people on the internet can be real assholes. So if only friends can post I avoid a double-wide buttload of controversy, but I'm not acting all paranoid and stuff, like the bullshit in my life is oh-so-secret (oooohh...!). I mean, c'mon...like the FBI, CIA, and NSA give a shit when I play Ultimate Frisbee or how much I drank at the Merc last weekend? Pfffft! But if they DO, they're gonna hafta talk to me about it in person! ;)

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[info]nabba
2008-02-29 03:40 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
just over 5yrs

2. How did you find out about LJ?
from a friend who had one

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
yeah but she doesnt use it anymore

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
nope

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
FO - trust issues

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Please god be less contraversial this week...
[info]focofox37
2008-02-29 03:45 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?

Just about 4 years ago

2. How did you find out about LJ?

My wife started one. I was at a rough point in life and started one too as a window for her to what was on my mind.

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?

Yeah, we were dating then and are married now.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?

No

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?

Friends only... it keeps the collectors and the trolls out.

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[info]quasiadastra
2008-02-29 03:51 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? My first account was from way back in June 2001. I made this account in Jan 2002, though.
2. How did you find out about LJ? Ha ha...umm, a person I used to chat with on AIM fairly regularly linked me to someone's journal. That's all I'm saying.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? Yes, but this person doesn't really post any more.
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? Three of them are, and the fourth one and I were never on each other's flist.
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? A combination of the two. There are things that I don't care if the entire world reads, yet there are things that I'm very selective about who can read it.

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[info]beethovenette87
2008-03-11 01:10 am UTC (link)
yay! dr chase! :-) rules :-)

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[info]mama0807
2008-02-29 03:52 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? With this username, August 2002, but I had another one prior to this one that I deleted and purged. I'm not certain when and how long that was.
2. How did you find out about LJ? Through [info]postmortemfame
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? Yes
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? Not directly, but my sister recently joined after she discovered mine.
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? It's a mix of both, for no particular reason other than there are certain things that I want kept private, but other things I don't give a crap who knows.

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[info]metaphor
2008-02-29 04:00 am UTC (link)
How long ago did you join LJ?
Um – my original journal's userinfo says July 12, 2001. (I left that journal because of its name, which is pretty sad, but due to what it was HP fen kept harassing me about it. I still post things in it from time to time but just notes to self.)

How did you find out about LJ?
Um, I think it was in Skagit! Which became The Sinlahekin, and now many years later we have, uh, [info]the_sinlahekin.

If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
No, because she doesn't use her journal anymore – but [info]bex and [info]synte are, and I've known them just as long (and from the same place).

Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
I know [info]pigeonoverlord and [info]ozziethemutt joined LJ due to me (one got the code from the other one, who actually hacked my journal in order to take one of mine, but I didn't actually care because I had a paid account) and I think there are other people, but I don't actually know who any of them are anymore.

Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
My LJ is both friends only and with multiple filters – I have a lock that's just Beth and security going up from there, though I never post anything private – because I am a paranoid person and because there are very few things I won't say on LJ. Actually, there probably isn't anything I wouldn't say on LJ, though I would block some people from viewing it. (Not many. 99% of what I post, everyone can see.)

I just like to know who's reading it, though! This is why I friend everyone back. Because people who friend me are doing so so they can read what I'm writing. I don't actually read every journal I have friended, though I read 99% of them, too. I have no friending policy sort of thing, but I do have rules for the sorts of journals I'm actually going to look at.

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[info]annieareyouokay
2008-02-29 04:01 am UTC (link)
1. Six years- started May 20, 2002.
2. Friends on teenopendiary.com
3. Yes, but she's inactive now.
4. Yeah, but they don't actually use it.
5. Friends only. I post pictures of my daughter that I don't want distributed around the internet. Also if I post something stupid, I'd rather my friends list point it out to me than random strangers.

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[info]musicluvr325
2008-02-29 04:18 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? 9/30/2003
2. How did you find out about LJ? I think I saw people talking about it on a message board.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?...
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? I'm not sure if I have.
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? Friends Only.
I just didn't like the idea of people I don't know reading my thoughts and happenings in my life. Even more so now that I'm not friends with some people that know about my journal, I don't want them reading it.

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[info]chauchan
2008-02-29 04:26 am UTC (link)
http://chauchan.livejournal.com/62065.html

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[info]nickey
2008-02-29 04:37 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ? Geez, April 12th, 2001. Almost 7 years!
2. How did you find out about LJ? I can't remember.
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list? No.
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ? A few friends back in the day.
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why? A little of both. I know too many people who gossip too much.

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[info]lumy12
2008-02-29 04:39 am UTC (link)
http://lumy12.livejournal.com/186503.html

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[info]lolitabonita
2008-02-29 04:43 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
Um, about 6 1/2 years ago..wow
2. How did you find out about LJ?
Through someone I was kind of dating at the time
3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Oh heck no, that didn't last very long at all.
4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
Um, yeah, but it didn't take off
5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
FO because I say some stupid stuff. I also used to work for a place that would look up its employee blogs and fire them for it.

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[info]ihatemyisp
2008-02-29 04:48 am UTC (link)
1. How long ago did you join LJ?
A month shy of 7 years ago

2. How did you find out about LJ?
A friend on mine

3. If someone introduced you to LJ, is s/he still on your friends list?
Yep, though I haven't seen him write on it in a long time.

4. Have you introduced anyone to LJ?
Several people

5. Is your LJ public or friends only, and why?
For the most part, private, because I've grown, and realized that though I like writing, not everything I write needs to be read by every Tom, Dick, and Harry.

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