#6229 Buggy LJ, About Nice / friendly people

[scottobear]

Sakes. Lj was *really* out of whack this morning.

I go to edit my last entry (#6228), and get

"Edit Journal Entries

Error

Could not find selected journal entry."

Then it blinks in and out of existence on my page or friend's pages. Some synchronization trouble with Santa, perhaps. I wonder how connected to earlier issues it is.

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I still get comments on the most trivial entries that are *years* old. See also - http://www.livejournal.com/users/jackhammer/4059.html

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I've been pretty blessed about meeting and getting along with a wide variety of folks.

Some things that I've found that start folks off on the right foot with...Even if I'm a scary, hairy beast to some.

• Affinity with children and animals. Both tend to gravitate toward me, and it's reciprocated. The kids thing can backfire if the parents are exceptionally paranoid. (Sort of a Caspar the Ghost syndrome) That can be bypassed by being introduced to the adults, first.



• Willingness to talk about pretty much any topic, or openness in general. People can sense when "shields" are up, and respond in kind.



• Promote the "Gentle Giant" stereotype. When Folks aren't scared to death of me, they are generally put at ease because I'm soft-spoken.



• A good pre-emptive press. The hippies I know are especially good at that.. Most people I meet via those friends say "Oh, I've heard so much about you!" and that bypasses the whole first impression thing, usually. I have sort of a reputation for being the "Phineas J Whoopee" (Of Tennessee Tuxedo fame) of that group. (Dingo already had the Commander McBragg all wrapped up.) Instead of the 3-D BB, I've got the palmtop and a drawing program.

I can usually hold up my end of a conversation, and usually help the other side out too. If a person is totally dead in the water, I cut 'em a break, let them be quiet, and I move on.

Comments

[dstroy.livejournal.com]

hmmm... that might explain the weirdness I'm seeing on my friends page! Someone posted to a community I watch, and later posted *5* 1600x1200 pixel images of their CAT (the community has nothing to do with cats) that are completely screwing up my friends page.... obviously he/she meant to post it elsewhere, but when I try to see the comments it tells me the entry doesnt exist, and when I view the community webpage it shows no sign of that post, but when I create a "just one" filter and show only that community on a friends page, it still shows all the damn cats! Weirdness!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

that is bizarre. I know that a little while back, LJ had trouble propagating information across all of the clusters. Still no word on the status page, though. The cat photo entry may be deleted by the community before you can react to it!

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

how come people are afraid of you??? :(

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Because I'm a big, hairy dude. People that are prone to being skittish just get that way with me. I'm happy to say that more often than not folks like me fine. :)

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

I would have never imagined someone being skittish, but I suppose I can see it in our world.

I'm 5'3", so when I see someone over 6 foot, I'm thinking "Wowee Cool"! :0)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Well, you're very sweet. :)

Folks are rarely skittish once I've gotten a chance to talk to them... but I've had incedents of folks seeing me, look startled, and hurriedly lock the doors to their car, all while I was just lounging at the bus stop.

I'll make a deal with you! You cover the bottom shelves, and I'll get stuff for you from over the kitchen cabinets!