Friends cut

[certainthings]

What if you made one of those, 'Hey, I'm doing a friends cut - comment if you want to stay.' posts and NO ONE commented? How shit would you feel?

Seriously.

ps. I'm not doing a friends cut, I was just saying 'What if...'

Comments

[coppering.livejournal.com]

that's my biggest livejournal fear...

[fromyourashes.livejournal.com]

I'd get uber-dramatic and flounce. It's what I do. :D What would YOU do?

[nomelon.livejournal.com]

I really hate those posts. Cut or don't cut. There is no ass-kissing.

[laurondo.livejournal.com]

I usually just cut people without warning because I'm nice that way. Oops. :x

[20shannon.livejournal.com]

That would so suck. Like omg don't anyone LIKE ME!!!!!

[tinkabell007.livejournal.com]

Well, I would keep them all on my flist and torture them with a flood of entries. Yup.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Well, honestly, I really, really hate those kinds of entries. If a person really wants to do a friends cut, who am I to tell them otherwise? I'm not going to beg to be kept on someone's list. I have more dignity than that. Most of the time when people make those posts I just say to myself, "Well, it was nice knowing them."

I have never done a friends cut. I have journals on my friends list that haven't been updated in years, but they're not hurting anyone by staying there.

[icy-imaginary.livejournal.com]

Well, depends on who you cut. When I do a friends cut I usually cut the ones who never update their journal, so I don't think they would even notice.
And the others are people I added once but we don't have anything to say to each other so they don't mind either.
Why should I feel bad if no one comments? Or did I misunderstood your question?

[beckytheelf.livejournal.com]

LOL. I ignore those kinds of posts because I think well if you're gonna cut me, you're gonna do it anyway and I'm not going to leave you a comment going "ZOMG PLZ DON'T CUT ME...I WILL COMMENT ON EVERY SINGLE POST EVAR" and then you never hear from them again. *kanyeshrug*
So I actually wouldn't feel bad if no one commented because I think a lot of people feel the way I do on the subject of "begging" to be kept on.

[chrissy-ny.livejournal.com]

Personally I'm not a fan of the whole "Friend's Cut" post.

[gwyntastic.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't comment. I never do. I don't care if the person is one of my oldest friends. Why should I have to beg to stay their friends?

[ames1010.livejournal.com]

I'd be so very sad! :*(

[onlywordsnow.livejournal.com]

No one would comment on mine, I know. Every time I make a post because people complain that I don't much, I don't get a comment.

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

It would be shit. I would be mortified and delete it. LOL *co-dependency issues*

[eilan.livejournal.com]

I've done them before, some with comments enabled, and some with it disabled. Cause the ppl who actually reply saying "dont cut me" are never the ppl I'd cut anyways, so it doesn't matter.

There are a few times I've been cut, and I've read that post on that person's LJ beforehand, so at least I'm given a headsup and it's nothing personal. Other times I've been cut sort of randomly and it can hurt. A lot.

[stir-of-echoes.livejournal.com]

I never comment on those sort of posts I just figure if they're gonna cut me go ahead.

[framedhim.livejournal.com]

My direct answer is that I'd have that nasty "ouch" feeling in my chest when I'm let down. The roundabout non-answer: I wouldn't do one of those posts. One, I don't have that many people to cut *looks at self and laughs* and two, I don't have the sort of journal where it matters.

I get having people comment on being added, I do. Something like a hello is nice, but if not, okay. I don't get asking people to ask to stay. *shrugsidk*

[ms-nerd.livejournal.com]

That would suck. However, if no one gave a shit what I said then I could go all out crazy.

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

I don't make those posts - I pretty much msg the person(s) I'll be removing and tell them to convince me otherwise :p Though that sounds harsh and mean - I find that it works out well :D Plus _ never really have to do that cause I have amazing friends to begin with <3

[irishcookie.livejournal.com]

I think those posts come off as a "Kiss my ass and validate your existence" type things. Most probably don't mean it that way but it really feels that way.

I would never do it, I probably wouldn't comment on someone who I saw doing it. If you're gonna cut me, I doubt me coming in and pleading is gonna do any good anyway.

[taintedangel80.livejournal.com]

Personally, I wouldn't make that kind of entry. I do occassionally do a friends cut, but I just post that I am making it and the reasons why someone may get cut. I don't ask people if they want to stay. Asking them if they want to stay kinda defeats the purpose of wanting to do the cut to get rid of people. So I am not sure how I'd feel.

[sonicbookmark.livejournal.com]

I'd feel like the world's biggest, most stinkiest pile of shit.

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha, you would feel pretty shit. :|

[je-suis.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I always feel terrified to comment to those posts even if I really really want to stay. I always think "What if THEY don't want me to stay and they're sorry I commented, then it's awkward because they don't want me there but they feel obligated because I commented?" So it's like, if someone makes that kind of post and I don't comment, it isn't because I don't want to stay. It's because I don't want them to keep me because I want to stay--I want them to keep me because they want me to stay.

[goodnight.livejournal.com]

I'd laugh so hard if you deleted me. Then I'd show up at your house and bop your nose.