Hey kid, want to score an LJ code?

[denny]

So I just gave an LJ code to someone I've never heard of before, after they left me this comment. I spoke to them briefly on AIM first...


(15:43:28) Denny: hey
(15:43:40) Denny: I'm DennyD from LJ
(15:44:28) iwillBACyourface: hey!
(15:44:31) iwillBACyourface: wow, that was fast
(15:44:35) Denny: :)
(15:44:38) Denny: that's what all teh girls say
(15:44:40) Denny: er, hang on ;)
(15:45:00) iwillBACyourface: haha
(15:45:00) Denny: so... if all your friends have LJs, why can't you get a code from them?
(15:45:07) iwillBACyourface: because they all have free acounts
(15:45:11) Denny: ah
(15:45:15) iwillBACyourface: my friends and i are not afluent people
(15:45:23) Denny: okay, give me the LJ names of two of your friends
(15:45:41) iwillBACyourface: cheetoface
(15:45:45) iwillBACyourface: singalongsongs
(15:46:30) iwillBACyourface: may i ask why?
(15:47:19) Denny: just checking to make sure they were people who actually use LJ for something other than posting quizzes or posting shit about how kurt cobain was their boyfriend in a previous life :)
(15:47:36) Denny: [snip LJ code]
(15:47:43) Denny: there you go :) welcome to LJ
(15:47:50) iwillBACyourface: thank you SOOO much!
(15:47:54) iwillBACyourface: you are so awesome
(15:47:55) Denny: no problem
(15:48:00) Denny: have fun :)
(15:48:05) iwillBACyourface: you wanna be my friend?
(15:48:09) iwillBACyourface: like a livejournal friend?
(15:48:12) Denny: you're welcome to list me
(15:48:15) iwillBACyourface: awesome
(15:48:24) Denny: I have trouble keeping up with everyone on my list, so I might not link you back
(15:48:34) iwillBACyourface: no biggy
(15:48:38) Denny: I mostly just read real-life friends' journals now
(15:48:46) iwillBACyourface: hahah
(15:48:49) iwillBACyourface: oh, i see how it is
(15:48:49) Denny: anyway, I gotta go find some food... catch you around
(15:48:52) iwillBACyourface: yeah
(15:48:53) iwillBACyourface: adios
(15:48:55) iwillBACyourface: thanks again, man
(15:48:59) Denny: you're welcome


It was the phrase 'my friends and i are not afluent people' that made it for them - I figured anyone whose English is up to that standard is going to be a lot better for LJ than most of the journals you can randomly bounce into :)

Whaddya reckon, would you have given someone a code like that? I'm not really sure how exclusively they're supposed to be regarded - I certainly don't mind giving them to friends of friends, or even friends of friends of friends, because there's always a trust-path there, but this is the first time I've had to figure out whether to give one to someone I have no connections to. I do have a lot of the things though, it seems churlish not to at least consider sharing them :)

Update: welcome, then, to shootselfinface. Hey, I hope that's not a Kurt Cobain thing ;)

Comments

[sinders.livejournal.com]

I've given away several codes... to friends who want them for people I don't know.

I don't see a problem with it... that's what LJ codes are for :)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but in that case you trust your friend, and so you are trusting their judgement of the person the code is for... there's a link between you. No-one vouched for the person I just gave a code to, explicitly or implicitly.

[sinders.livejournal.com]

Point taken... but I'd still do it. I'm just like that.

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

"My friends and I are not people whose language skills are bad"? Fair enough, I suppose it works just as well as what they were trying to say. Though I'm not sure it's actually a word. :)

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Catty. And pedantic.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Eh? They missed an 'f' out, but of course it's a word. Means 'well off'.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Ignore me, I clearly need more sleep than the 20 hours a day I'm currently aiming for.

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Silly boy. ~smile~ Love you.

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[flannelcat.livejournal.com]

Pft. I would, I'm like that.

Can I join your gang for Age 3? *Bounce*

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Of course... just join that community I set up, and I'll post my recruit link there when the next Age starts.