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revdorothyl at 05:58pm on 25/06/2004 under fandom research
revdorothyl at 05:58pm on 25/06/2004 under fandom researchI've been advised by another LJ user (who's been in the academic game longer than I have) that I shouldn't be quite so free and open with my dissertation research notes, just in case some other scholar mistakes my notes for material in the public domain, rather than regarding them as part of a dissertation I still need and fully intend to write.
I've made sure to add all those who've commented so far to my friends list, so they'll still have access to those entries, and I'd be happy to add anyone else who'd like to take part in this discussion or enjoy all the wonderful ideas people have contributed in their comments, or just take a quick look around (and you can always ask to have your name removed from my list, afterwards, if you decide this isn't something you're interested in after all).
I'm happy to have people read, even if they don't comment, so this is not an attempt to apply pressure to anyone -- I've just been strongly advised to make access to LJ entries which talk about my research-in-progress a tad less public.
So, I'm trying to make sure that these entries remain "within the LJ family," as I'd intended when I posted them (my substitute for a RL dissertation-writing support group, since nobody else within my program shares my interests or could be as helpful as the LJ community has been in hashing out ideas or telling me when I'm getting off-track and irrelevant), rather than showing up on any random Google search and perhaps being borrowed without my knowledge.
Sorry for the annoyance and any inconvenience. And please let me know if there are other ways to handle this (potential) problem that I simply don't know about.
I've made sure to add all those who've commented so far to my friends list, so they'll still have access to those entries, and I'd be happy to add anyone else who'd like to take part in this discussion or enjoy all the wonderful ideas people have contributed in their comments, or just take a quick look around (and you can always ask to have your name removed from my list, afterwards, if you decide this isn't something you're interested in after all).
I'm happy to have people read, even if they don't comment, so this is not an attempt to apply pressure to anyone -- I've just been strongly advised to make access to LJ entries which talk about my research-in-progress a tad less public.
So, I'm trying to make sure that these entries remain "within the LJ family," as I'd intended when I posted them (my substitute for a RL dissertation-writing support group, since nobody else within my program shares my interests or could be as helpful as the LJ community has been in hashing out ideas or telling me when I'm getting off-track and irrelevant), rather than showing up on any random Google search and perhaps being borrowed without my knowledge.
Sorry for the annoyance and any inconvenience. And please let me know if there are other ways to handle this (potential) problem that I simply don't know about.
anxious
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Cheers.
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I figured you were at least one person who'd probably be interested in further developments, if you'd been interested enough to mention it in the first place, so I hoped you wouldn't mind if I added you.
Lurkers (scientific or otherwise) are more than welcome!
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Of course not! I'm glad to be invited.
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I won't steal your stuff, either. :)
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Filters let you refine your friends list.
Go to your user information page:
http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=revdorothyl
Click on the link up top that reads, "manage"
http://www.livejournal.com/manage/
Click on the link (a ways down the page) that reads, "edit custom friends groups"
http://www.livejournal.com/friends/editgroups.bml
(actually, because I posted the URLs here, you don't have to do all this clicking, just click on that last URL above)
You should come up with a page that has a box on the left, listing all your friends.
Under that box, click on the button that reads "new"
This should cause a little box to appear that tells you to name the new custom friends group. Do so, and click okay.
After you do so, the box labeled "not in group" should be populated with your entire friends list. Click on the name of a friend you want to put in the custom group. It should be highlighted. Then click on the double arrows that look like this: >> and you should see that friend's name is taken out of the "not in group" box, and now appears in the "In Group" box.
Do this for all the people you want in this group. When you are done, click the "save changes" button at the bottom.
Now, when you post, you can choose not only between public and private, but also "custom."
You can set up as many custom groups as you like. You could have one for Mutant Enemy fandom, one for movies, one for theology, one for real life friends, etc.
You can also use these filters for reading your friends list. I haven't done that, but this is how those people with 400 friends get through their lists. For example you could set up a must read list, and go to it. If Angel were still on, and you had friends who don't watch, you could set up an Angel list, so that the day after a new episode, you can read only those people who are likely to post about Angel.
I hope this helps. Give a shout if I need to clarify anything.
--Cindy
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You're safe from me; I wouldn't know a Winicott-Jenkins entry if I fell over one; but the same might not apply in all cases.
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Still, I may need to come up with a different plan!