Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

Uch; fell asleep on the couch and woke up feeling even more blah.

Treated myself with some online shopping and ordered Kings & Queens honeyshowergel (possibly the last two bottles in the UK!). Mmmmmm.

Ooooh; a day after I mailed them about deleting one of the photos in my Icelandalbum, Photobucket apologized and put the picture of the statue back up! I then asked TPTB why it had been taken down (because I wondered if it had to have been actively reported) and amazingly got a reply within two minutes. They said: "Accounts are reviewed randomly. So most likely the moderator didn't zoom in enough on the image and assumed they were naked.".

Aha. Hey, can I have that job? I would totally zoom in and be really thorough in my random investigations. Just saying;)

Postspam the sixth. Yes, I am enjoying my long weekend, why do you ask?

I noticed a banner scrolling on top of my TV-screen on BBC 2: the cable company is going to change the frequency this week. Guess when they will do this. Go on, guess when I will have to fiddle with my TV to make sure I don't loose BBC 2. ... ... ... YES, you guessed right: this Wednesday, TORCHWOODWEDNESDAY! Please send me good vibes so I don't fuck up, I don't want to miss my weekly dose of Torchwoodgoodness.

Another decision from other PTB that makes me frown: are you aware new posts are going to be on the front-page of the new LJ-feature Explore LJ? That explains why I suddenly had two total strangers commenting to my post about Ian Tracey. I'm happy they were nice people.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am totally aware this journal is public and anyone can walk right in. I don't mind, I'm not a people person, but I am fascinated by the dynamics and consider this my experimental playground. But if I hadn't accidentally checked my 'Inbox' before marking all the messages 'read', I wouldn't even have known about this new feature. I can turn off this automatically inclusion on Explore, but how could I have done that if I wasn't aware of its existence?

You would think LJ had learned from previous responses by its users.

Don't force people to use new features, no matter how funky you think they are: OPT-IN is prefered to OPT-OUT.

Tell people BEFORE you implement new features

Ask paying customers to TRY new features

(The whole Inbox is another thing I would like to be able to turn off, it seems a bit redundant, seeing as I already have all my comments mailed to me. That's why I don't even read the messages there. I bet you can attack me on this logic, I need this to be aware of the news, right?)

In case you missed it and don't know what I'm talking about: check the news.

I'm going to leave my settings as they are for now, but I was wondering about how exactly the posts are "analyzed electronically and then placed into the areas where they best fit". I can see how my bookposts would end up in 'Culture', but not everything I post fits neatly into either Culture, Entertainment, Life, Music, News & Politics and Technology.

Also, despite my occasional use of harsh language and posts about 'sensitive' subjects, I chose not to friends-only my journal or put an adult lock on it, since censorship is something I don't need to deal with in my country (hello world!). Doesn't this feature invite people who think they might be 'protected' against certain 'filthy' posts to be confronted with stuff they can't handle?

I'm tired of thinking about this. If you feel the need to comment, feel free to do so. Next post will be a music meme and might contain inappropriate language. You have been warned;)