Flist: Define Yourself

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This is a question that's been niggling at me for a long time now.

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It depends. I think most of the time I use it to mean the intersection of the sets, but there are specific times when the reference is broader. For example, if I say something like, "My flist is full of posts about X today," or "Everyone on my flist seems to be obsessed with Y," I'm talking about all the journals I read. But if I make a post saying, "Question for the flist!" and it's not flocked, then I'm inviting everyone who reads me to comment, even if I haven't friended them.

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Exactly! Excellent examples. And both ways it's meaningful.

Whereas over on DW you've got your 'read' list and your 'access' list, and they're different (except I bet everybody still uses 'flist' anyway).

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Heh, I thought about mentioning DW, but it is simultaneously simpler and more complicated, lol.

It's simpler because I reciprocate access/subscription for almost everyone, whereas on LJ I don't friend everyone who friends me (like you, a lot of people friended me for fic, and I prefer to get to know them before I friend back). But it's more complicated because there are so many options for the ones that aren't reciprocal on both!