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[lollardfish]

There's a post out there today of a "friend" (not someone I actually know that well) who has been out of touch with LJ.

He's asking for updates because, "If there's something you've been assuming I know because you wrote about it on LJ and in the past I've reliably read your LJ, you might want to point it out to me. Alternately, you can just regard me as the retard in the corner who never knows what's going on."

I find this metaphor infuriating and offensive, although I know that as with most such things he means nothing by it. What's the best response? Ignore? Post something publicly in comments? Send a private email? Write an LJ post of my own about how offensive I find it and hope someone reads it?

What do you think?

Edit - I posted what I hope was both a polite and firm comment.

Comments

Re: anonymous...

[lakeboy-55.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, thanks, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to when it happens, and it just started happening within the last month or so. I've been using LJ for about 5 years, and it never happened to me before. Well, just another of those irritating little bits of life to feal with.

Re: anonymous...

[guppiecat]

LJ moved servers in the last month or so. That's when I noticed the problem had gotten much worse. For me, it's been better in the last week, but then I have a paid account, so I'm likely using a different set of servers than some.

Re: anonymous...

[lakeboy-55.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I have a paid account, too, but all of this weird activity started just after I renewed my account a few months ago.

Re: anonymous...

[guppiecat]

Hmm. My account renews this month. We'll see if I have similar issues.