the use of .

[juldea]

As recently mentioned by siderea and started by jackconstantine (whose journal I don't read, because I don't know him), there's a new trend going around used to indicate to someone that you read their journal, but simply didn't have anything to comment. You leave a comment that consists of only a period.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I like the idea of knowing that people have read my posts, but I think I'd get quickly annoyed by the email spam of comment notifications that have no real content.

So, uh, if you do it in my journal I'll know what you mean, but I don't really want to encourage it.

Comments

[caltren.livejournal.com]

You can be absolutely, 100% sure of 2 things:

1. I read your journal--usually a few times per day.
2. I will never, ever post anything, unless I've got more to say than a ".". I personally think that's a silly silly idea, and creates far more spam/load on lj/network than could possibly be useful. Heh.

I won't post anything in mine about it 'cause I have so few people than actually read it. But if folks do start doing that, I'll thank them for doing so, but not wanting to encourage it. Reply by engaging me in a conversation when it moves them. :-)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I read yours, too, but don't reply unless I have something specific to say. :)

[alendres.livejournal.com]

Hmm, definite thumbs down from me. The only reason to use a period is to end a sentence. (and an ellipsis, I guess)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yay for ellipses... :D

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Way dumb. Six thumbs down. Poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Also, my solution to this "problem" has historically been to post polls now and then.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

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[OW, my EYE!]

[eustacia42.livejournal.com]

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Just kidding. ;)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well hey, at least I know you're reading! ;)