Oddity

[pecunium]

For some reason a couple of Russian Ljs have listed me as "friend".

OK.

I'm not quite sure why. I on niether of them can I see any reason for it, not that one needs a reason. Both have large f-lists (one, in fact, seems to be a form of Lj aggregate reader, being one of four, all maxed out for "friends").

I just wonder why. I understand that people link to me (some of whom saw me second and third hand, and so the degrees of separation will cause me to percolate out to people I have no apparent connection with [and to the lot of you... about six since I left for Korea, welcome] and that's fine) but I can usually trace some sort of path to the discovery.

These two... not so much.

Comments

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

LJ "friends" are not really friends. (http://tongodeon.livejournal.com/419922.html)

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

This seems to be a trend somehow. Other LJ users I know have mentioned it.

[crazysoph.livejournal.com]

Another journal I read recounts a similar experience of false friending, which is accompanied by some interesting commentary.

Especially as the most recent changes, re logging us out periodically so that old cookies cannot be exploited by some of the earlier ploys, were supposed to have addressed some of the reasons why "friends" might try to lure one to suspect pages, LJ or otherwise.

Crazy(and hopefully with an explainable presence, *wink*)Soph

[tenderberry.livejournal.com]

well maybe...just maybe...they appreciate excellent writing & thoughtful commentary as I do - with no sinister undertones - it could happen -

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I don't think it sinister, per se, but being one of some 700 people (or maybe 2400) strikes me as an awful lot of either, random association, or some serious winnowing of wheat from chaff.

The info page seems to say it's a collection of people worth reading, but I'd have to look at an awful lot of it to actually say if I think that's the case.

TK