Friday Five
Mar. 20th, 2026 06:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melagan1. What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?
I was reading a lot of fanfic and following the writers on LJ. At one point I decided that if I wanted to leave a Thank You comment, I should join. I did. Eventually, I moved over to DW
2. How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?
78. Most of them are inactive, but I can't quite bring myself to leave.
3. Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?
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sga_saturday It's one of the few active communities associated with Stargate Atlantis and has a monthly prompt. I do check in on my reading circle (it will always be my flist to me) on a daily basis so if a community has posted (like thefridayfive) I'll see it.
4. How did you pick your user name?
As I recall, I'd had a long run of the user name you have chosen has already been used. I decided to take my first and last name and scramble the letters. And that is why my user name is what it is.
5. If you could change your user name, would you?
Maybe in the early days, but not now. I'm the same name too many places at this point.
From the community:
The following bonus questions are brought to you by the fact that I (anais_pf) have been unable to access any page of LiveJournal for more than a week (and therefore cannot post to The Friday Five there):
6. If you have a LiveJournal, are you currently able to access it?
Yes. (to my surprise)
7. Do you have any information about why one would be unable to access LiveJournal?
I had heard that they were planning to remove access to members outside of Russia. If that is about to be the case (and they'd probably hit communities first) maybe a vpn would help?
I was reading a lot of fanfic and following the writers on LJ. At one point I decided that if I wanted to leave a Thank You comment, I should join. I did. Eventually, I moved over to DW
2. How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?
78. Most of them are inactive, but I can't quite bring myself to leave.
3. Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?
sga_saturday It's one of the few active communities associated with Stargate Atlantis and has a monthly prompt. I do check in on my reading circle (it will always be my flist to me) on a daily basis so if a community has posted (like thefridayfive) I'll see it.4. How did you pick your user name?
As I recall, I'd had a long run of the user name you have chosen has already been used. I decided to take my first and last name and scramble the letters. And that is why my user name is what it is.
5. If you could change your user name, would you?
Maybe in the early days, but not now. I'm the same name too many places at this point.
From the community:
The following bonus questions are brought to you by the fact that I (anais_pf) have been unable to access any page of LiveJournal for more than a week (and therefore cannot post to The Friday Five there):
6. If you have a LiveJournal, are you currently able to access it?
Yes. (to my surprise)
7. Do you have any information about why one would be unable to access LiveJournal?
I had heard that they were planning to remove access to members outside of Russia. If that is about to be the case (and they'd probably hit communities first) maybe a vpn would help?
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