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May. 10th, 2004 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovI've put off starting a livejournal because I wasn't sure exactly how I wanted to begin, but I've decided to just dive in with what will probably turn out to be my usual short comments, observations, and rants about the world rather than expecting myself to make a big splash.
So.....
Some of you may already know me as the button lady (a usual huckster at east coast sf conventions + worldcons) or as a frequent poster in rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom.
I'm here as nancylebov because a clever user name failed to materialize and my actual name is too hard for a lot of people to remember.
I'm not bothering with anonymity because my writing style and life are sufficiently distinctive that there's no point in trying to conceal my identity. (If I couldn't use parenthesis and dashes--lots of them (and sometimes nested)--I'd probably choke).
On the other hand, other people's anonymity doesn't bother me. I'm probably not going to knock myself out trying to figure out who you are. If you want me to know, tell me.
One of my goals in this livejournal is to have a good, lively comment chains. One of my goals in life is to have sane expectations--it took me a bit to realize that I was hoping to have something comparable to Making Light. Well, it could happen, but it is for sure not a minimum standard, nor entirely likely, nor guaranteeable, nor going to happen quickly if it happens at all.
Another goal is to encourage people to go to my website and order buttons, not that this is a hint or anything. The most recent slogans are "Humanitarians do it with people" and "I went to Iraq and all I got was this lousy gas price".
So.....
Some of you may already know me as the button lady (a usual huckster at east coast sf conventions + worldcons) or as a frequent poster in rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom.
I'm here as nancylebov because a clever user name failed to materialize and my actual name is too hard for a lot of people to remember.
I'm not bothering with anonymity because my writing style and life are sufficiently distinctive that there's no point in trying to conceal my identity. (If I couldn't use parenthesis and dashes--lots of them (and sometimes nested)--I'd probably choke).
On the other hand, other people's anonymity doesn't bother me. I'm probably not going to knock myself out trying to figure out who you are. If you want me to know, tell me.
One of my goals in this livejournal is to have a good, lively comment chains. One of my goals in life is to have sane expectations--it took me a bit to realize that I was hoping to have something comparable to Making Light. Well, it could happen, but it is for sure not a minimum standard, nor entirely likely, nor guaranteeable, nor going to happen quickly if it happens at all.
Another goal is to encourage people to go to my website and order buttons, not that this is a hint or anything. The most recent slogans are "Humanitarians do it with people" and "I went to Iraq and all I got was this lousy gas price".
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Date: 2004-05-10 02:24 pm (UTC)Welcome!
Date: 2004-05-11 09:45 am (UTC)Congrats
Date: 2004-05-11 10:23 am (UTC)MY LJ is ramblings about critters, life, roommates.
KG
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Date: 2004-05-11 05:53 pm (UTC)Catchy or not, witty or not, the username works on at least one level: when I saw you in my "Friend of" list, I thought it sounded likely to be you. (And it's just long enough to remind people of the correct answer to the "V vs. W" confusion that ISTR annoying you in the past...)
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Date: 2004-05-12 03:54 am (UTC)Now that you're here...
Date: 2004-05-12 10:02 am (UTC)The other thought is that, once you've acclimated to LJ, you might want to consider taking on a new handle, "nancybuttons" would be great, (assuming it is not taken, and right now it isn't) and there issuing a daily "thought of the day"; A button title, either current or experimental.
Once the daily postings start showing up in even a couple people's LJ's and leaving an entirely new generation of fans rolling on the floor laughing, it will gain subscribers and quite passively popularize your website with no real effort on your part.
I can see an advantage of separating the business you from the personal you on LJ, in as much as I would think that a lot more people (all ages/types/varieties) would probably subscribe to a slogans that issues one short slogan a day, than would necessarily subscribe to any individual.
Another advantage I can think of regards the limited number of photos you are permitted for free accounts. Suppose it is 5, I no longer recall, you can load 5 popular buttons as the 5 photos for "nancy buttons", and rotate them in and out every couple of weeks as your "default photo" while keeping images more personal to you in your personal journal.
There may be a downside to this approach, but I'm at a loss to figure out what that might be and so I will leave that to you and others to answer.
Re: Now that you're here...
Date: 2004-05-13 09:58 am (UTC)It's 3, but you can raise it to 15 by getting a paid account, and 50 by paying an additional $10/year.
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Date: 2004-05-13 09:57 am (UTC)*waves*. Hi, it's Pooh :).
Thought I'd drop in and say Hi!
Date: 2004-05-16 07:48 am (UTC)KG