...but I ask the wrong questions

[thatrcooper]

Does it say something bad about me as a writer that I have troubling thinking up titles and the titles I do think up generally suck?

Also I don't get Goodreads. You can have and be Friends and have and be Fans and Follow or be Followed... but I don't get the difference. I am old school and slow! *wah* I guess it's good that there's a distinction, but with each one comes different connotations and histories and I do not have a guide in how to not offend people.

That was such an awkward sentence.

Hey, who's working off no sleep and lots of coffee this morning? C'est moi.

Sure, casually and often unknowingly offending people is a part of life, but the internet never forgets. (And elephants. And women. Luckily not cats.)


Hey, suicide, that's a topic people would want to read about in a Christmas story, right? Or is this going to turn into that dark-ass scene in "Gremlins" when Kate tells that story about her father? ...Maybe I should work on Charlie and Will some more...(who still do not have a title argh grrr).


Time to bottle it back up? lol.

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I don't know how it works either. If I get a notice saying someone is following my reviews I flail and hit buttons, but I don't really know what, if anything, I'm doing.

[r-cooper.livejournal.com]

Yeah like...I thought like if you were someone's Friend you would automatically be Following them...but no, it seems not.

It's so confusing.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I know I get emailed when you update your blog so I guess I'm following you, but did I friend you too? I mean, I certainly hope I did, but AAAARGH.

[r-cooper.livejournal.com]

I....think you did? Or I did? I don't know.

And sometimes I swear to you I just click on whichever link I can find. Friend/Follow/Fan . Whichever one is actually *there*.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I've been over there trying to find a help section. No luck so far...

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

ooh, here!

http://www.goodreads.com/help

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

http://www.goodreads.com/help/search?q=difference+between+friends+and+followers&commit=Search

A friend relationship is two-way. You see their reviews, and they see yours. A following relationship is one-way. You see their reviews only. There are separate counts for friends and followers. You are included in each other's friend counts, but only one-way followers are included in your follow counts.

You can either be following someone or be their friend, not both. (There is one exception: authors who have a blog and/or are members of the Goodreads Author program.) In either case, you will see their reviews on your homepage when you have the appropriate filter settings.

[r-cooper.livejournal.com]

How long did it take you to find that? O_O

Thank you.


I am still sort of confused. But I guess...Following or Friending are cool for most people? I mean...say you Follow some reviewer and they notice you...can they Friend you or are you stuck?

You don't have to answer these questions, I am just wondering, sort of out loud.

Maybe I need to reclassify people?

[dlasta.livejournal.com]

I'm here to just comment that you two are complete spazzes and it's *awesome*.
:D

[r-cooper.livejournal.com]

Shut up. It's complicated I'm telling you!

[dlasta.livejournal.com]

Haaa ha! :P