I've just done a friends cut.

It's nothing personal. I'm just trying to trim down the journals that I don't get round to reading much these days and people that I'm not really interacting with.

A lot of the people on my LJ, are people that I interact with outside of LJ Land and I like really getting to know the people whose journals I read.

Often, when I've done cuts before, I've kept people on my list purely for the length of time they have been on there, but there's not really much point in that if there's little to no interaction with each other.

Again, it's nothing personal. I'm just trying to make my friends page a bit more manageable.

I have been inspired to trim my friends list for a number of reasons:

+ I have noticed that a couple of people have cut me from their lists recently which speaks volumes about my lack of attention to reading other people's journals.

+ My friends list is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with.

+ I have too much on my mind at present to keep up with my friends list as much as I would like to.

So, if you have been cut, it will be because:

+ We don't interact a great deal and commenting on each others journals is few and far between. I don't see any sense in keeping people on my list for the sake of it.

+ You have never updated your own journal and I know nothing about you. Call it paranoia but I want to know the people that can read my personal thoughts. Sorry.

So there we have it. I didn't want to cause any offence by doing this cut and I don't have any issues with any of you. It's not through any dislike. It's purely for the reasons above.

I've noticed lately that I'm getting a bit rubbish at responding to comments, or commenting as much as I would like on other people's journals.

I think my friends list is a bit too unmanageable right now, so I'm going to be undertaking a fairly hefty friends cull at lunch time when I've got a chance, if not before.

Basically, I'm cutting anybody that I've not really connected with, that I've given up commenting on, if we've only commented on each others journals once in a blue moon or if we don't really have much in common with each other.

It's not out of dislike for anyone, or anything nasty like that. I just want to be able to focus my attention a bit better and concentrate on commenting on what people have to say instead of just scanning my huge friends list like I have been doing lately.

I am sorry, but I would like to be able to interact with people on my friends list more, and having so many people on there is just proving too prohibitive.

Hope you understand.

Thank you and best wishes!