Maybe I wasn't clear....

[conuly]

I don't ever want to see that stupid lj friends collage ever again.

For most people, that thing is friggin' huge! And it takes up a ton of space, and I can't even just block the images because I'd be blocking my very own user picture.

If I *ever* meet the people who made that, I'll kill them for not including an obligatory lj-cut with the code for that damn thing. *screams*

Please, for the love of God, cut images.

Comments

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I cut mine.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

All the ones I've seen have been lj-cut...thank goodness.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen one till you pointed it out. I just saw it, and I agree, but I also don't see a point to it all...

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Has any meme ever had a point?

I also hadn't seen one until I went searching (prompted by this post.) I have a nice notverymemey friendslist :0)

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

Me and bonobo_theory tried to strike back. And there is a link to another good idea in his comments.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Point well taken.
I have a friend or two who do them occasionaly, but this is quite possibly the worst of them I've seen.

[celticess.livejournal.com]

I cut mine too. But yes I've seen a few that hadn't. Luckily it didn't bork my friends page. But some of those longer ones that seem to be in colorized tables mess mine up sometimes.

[fascinoma.livejournal.com]

I put mine behind a cut. I hope that's ok.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I only had one uncut, and it filled me with essence of wtf. There were all these angsty pictures and drippy song lyrics and suddenly a PONY and I was filled with essence of wtf, because I was that pony.

And then I wondered what I'd been smoking. Those collages are a danger.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

What you need to do is go to the Edit Personal Information page (http://www.livejournal.com/editinfo.bml) and check the little box that says Use image placeholders on your friends page.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

hey I am a meeme whore, but I was never gonn be doing that one. seems like a good freaking way to crash the heck out of LJ. not to meniton antisocial.
Rantin's meeme rule #1 Unless it has humour value, it doesent get posted at all.

[pyrokinesis.livejournal.com]

You could, but that becomes annoying when you have a filter set aside for comics where the placeholders are a nuisance. :(

[conuly]

Image placeholders suck, because they block any image without size markers, which means most images.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, that's true. Surely it's less annoying than having one's computer freeze solid because of a ton of uncut images, though. Before reading the Comics filter, one could just go to the Edit Info page and uncheck the placeholder box, then check it again when one's finished. That's a little inconvenient, but hey, it's only a few clicks of the mouse; not that big a deal.

I love the lj-cut function, use it for almost every post, and I really wish other people would use it for all memes, quizzes, images, and posts longer than a single paragraph. However, I've resigned myself to the fact that however much I may wish it, they're not gonna do it. I've unfriended a few people in the past for posting too much boring uncut drivel, but most of the people on my list write stuff that I do want to keep reading, so... *shrugs*

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Do they? I hadn't noticed that, but I don't have a problem with clicking on whatever I want to view and having the rest stay blocked. My 'puter's a slow old dial-up, so the less it has to cope with at a time, the better.

As I see it, these are your options:

1. You can use image placeholders.

2. You can unfriend everyone on your Friends List who doesn't use lj-cuts.

3. You can resign yourself to the fact that a lot of people aren't going to use lj-cuts and that therefore your computer is going to be screwed up every time someone posts something like that dumb collage without a cut.

4. You can continue being furious and posting rants (probably to very little effect) about the fact that a lot of people aren't going to use lj-cuts and that therefore your computer is going to be screwed up every time someone posts something like that dumb collage without a cut.

... I'd say this comes under the heading of "serenity to accept what you cannot change, courage to change what you can, and wisdom to know the difference." Unfortunate as it may be, most people who are willing to use lj-cuts already use them, and ranting at the people who don't isn't likely to make them become willing to use them.

What would be very cool is if Lj introduced a function whereby one could choose to have all posts over a selected number of bytes cut automatically, and it might be worthwhile to get people to write and ask for that. That's a possible option for the future, however; not one for right now.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

That's what one's own LJ is for though, ranting. :)

(Ok, MINE is, at least.)

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

LOL, I suppose so, if that's what one wants to use it for.

[conuly]

Yeah, but it's more fun to rant.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... I really did mean to cut mine - I was just in a rush to get to work. It's cut now.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

LOL, okies, Happy Ranting then!

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I cut mine.

[chem-nerd.livejournal.com]

All the ones I've seen have been lj-cut...thank goodness.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen one till you pointed it out. I just saw it, and I agree, but I also don't see a point to it all...

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Has any meme ever had a point?

I also hadn't seen one until I went searching (prompted by this post.) I have a nice notverymemey friendslist :0)

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

Me and bonobo_theory tried to strike back. And there is a link to another good idea in his comments.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Point well taken.
I have a friend or two who do them occasionaly, but this is quite possibly the worst of them I've seen.

[celticess.livejournal.com]

I cut mine too. But yes I've seen a few that hadn't. Luckily it didn't bork my friends page. But some of those longer ones that seem to be in colorized tables mess mine up sometimes.

[fascinoma.livejournal.com]

I put mine behind a cut. I hope that's ok.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I only had one uncut, and it filled me with essence of wtf. There were all these angsty pictures and drippy song lyrics and suddenly a PONY and I was filled with essence of wtf, because I was that pony.

And then I wondered what I'd been smoking. Those collages are a danger.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

What you need to do is go to the Edit Personal Information page (http://www.livejournal.com/editinfo.bml) and check the little box that says Use image placeholders on your friends page.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

hey I am a meeme whore, but I was never gonn be doing that one. seems like a good freaking way to crash the heck out of LJ. not to meniton antisocial.
Rantin's meeme rule #1 Unless it has humour value, it doesent get posted at all.

[pyrokinesis.livejournal.com]

You could, but that becomes annoying when you have a filter set aside for comics where the placeholders are a nuisance. :(

[conuly]

Image placeholders suck, because they block any image without size markers, which means most images.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, that's true. Surely it's less annoying than having one's computer freeze solid because of a ton of uncut images, though. Before reading the Comics filter, one could just go to the Edit Info page and uncheck the placeholder box, then check it again when one's finished. That's a little inconvenient, but hey, it's only a few clicks of the mouse; not that big a deal.

I love the lj-cut function, use it for almost every post, and I really wish other people would use it for all memes, quizzes, images, and posts longer than a single paragraph. However, I've resigned myself to the fact that however much I may wish it, they're not gonna do it. I've unfriended a few people in the past for posting too much boring uncut drivel, but most of the people on my list write stuff that I do want to keep reading, so... *shrugs*

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Do they? I hadn't noticed that, but I don't have a problem with clicking on whatever I want to view and having the rest stay blocked. My 'puter's a slow old dial-up, so the less it has to cope with at a time, the better.

As I see it, these are your options:

1. You can use image placeholders.

2. You can unfriend everyone on your Friends List who doesn't use lj-cuts.

3. You can resign yourself to the fact that a lot of people aren't going to use lj-cuts and that therefore your computer is going to be screwed up every time someone posts something like that dumb collage without a cut.

4. You can continue being furious and posting rants (probably to very little effect) about the fact that a lot of people aren't going to use lj-cuts and that therefore your computer is going to be screwed up every time someone posts something like that dumb collage without a cut.

... I'd say this comes under the heading of "serenity to accept what you cannot change, courage to change what you can, and wisdom to know the difference." Unfortunate as it may be, most people who are willing to use lj-cuts already use them, and ranting at the people who don't isn't likely to make them become willing to use them.

What would be very cool is if Lj introduced a function whereby one could choose to have all posts over a selected number of bytes cut automatically, and it might be worthwhile to get people to write and ask for that. That's a possible option for the future, however; not one for right now.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

That's what one's own LJ is for though, ranting. :)

(Ok, MINE is, at least.)

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

LOL, I suppose so, if that's what one wants to use it for.

[conuly]

Yeah, but it's more fun to rant.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... I really did mean to cut mine - I was just in a rush to get to work. It's cut now.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

LOL, okies, Happy Ranting then!