To Prune?

[debka_notion]

I was looking through my AIM buddy list, and I really ought to prune it. But as soon as I do, generally, I see someone I just took off after not interacting for ages, and feel bad because for some reason or other they've said something about making contact after that meeting. Of course, I then don't talk to them, and they don't try to talk to me either, so it's pointless- it's just enough to make me feel guilty. How long after someone ceases to use a screen name is it ok to remove it, I wonder... THe behind-the-scenes etiquette of these things is just waiting for someone to codify it in some way...

Comments

[carnilius.livejournal.com]

I don't ever delete screen names.

In order to make room for all of them, I have at least 10 screen names signed on at once.

Gaim has a useful feature which lets you sort your buddy list by logsize, so the person you talk to most frequently is at the top, and so on.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

And do you ever talk to these people? Is it useful?

[carnilius.livejournal.com]

Well, no, there are a bunch that I don't talk to, or don't even remember who they are anymore. There are also a bunch of people who I know but don't talk to hardly ever, but I read their away messages. But yeah, the 10 names is more because for a good long while AIM severely restricted the number of buddies allowed per list, so rather than making an arbitrary divide I made different names for different purposes. I have a Linguistics name, a dance name, a UCI name, a Hillel name, et cetera.

And I also have MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo. (Which I include in that number)