liv | Matchmaking (Reply)

I've been meaning to do this for ages: match up everyone on my friends list with someone I think they'd enjoy reading, but who isn't on their friends list. I have no vested interested in whether you want to follow my recommendations or not; I'm hoping that curiosity will prompt people to at least have a look, but I'm mainly doing this for my own amusement. And yes, I do realize that some of you have deliberately restricted friends lists and aren't looking for new people etc. I just wanted to play matchmaking (though not in the couple sense!)

Of course, my friends list includes some of my best friends and some people I've barely interacted with at all but whose journals I enjoy reading, and every level of acquaintance in between. That's part of the fun. Also, some of these jumped out at me instantly, others I really had to think about it, others I more or less picked cool journals at random. That's the main reason why I'm not providing justifications for my choices. Most of these are not commutative; if I've recommended you to read someone, I haven't usually recommended them to read you. But clearly I'm not going to stop you from looking at the people I've recommended to read you!

And don't be offended if you don't get recommended very much; it should be obvious that everyone who is on my friends list is there because I find their journal worth reading!

791point43 –

darcydodo

angelsk –

ixwin

blackherring –

baraita

casby –

greengolux

chickenfeet2003 –

rysmiel

chocaholic7 –

lethargic_man

coalescent –

rysmiel

compilerbitch –

redbird

daegaer –

blackherring

darcydodo –

naomichana

doseybat –

loreid

elemy –

mummimamma

fivemack –

elemy

fluffymark –

sampiano

forthright –

lisekit

greengolux –

redbird

henriksdal –

doseybat

hmw26 –

fluffymark

ixwin –

loreid

j4 –

redbird

jacquic –

ixwin

jonnynexus –

forthright

karen2205 –

chickenfeet2003

kathrid –

fluffymark

kemelios –

khalidz0r –

pseudomonas

ktsqueak –

lethargic_man –

coalescent

lisekit –

truepenny

loreid –

greengolux

mazarin –

pw201

midnightmelody –

daegaer

monanotlisa –

naomichana

mummimamma –

oompalumpa

naomichana –

daegaer

neonchameleon –

pw201

oompalumpa –

pseudomonas

paulbo_garvins –

jonnynexus

pseudomonas –

rysmiel

puzzlering –

thewildrose

pw201 –

lethargic_man

redbird –

blackherring

ruakh –

darcydodo

rysmiel –

compilerbitch

sampiano –

fivemack

shreena –

truepenny

taimatsu –

mummimamma

terriem –

loreid

thalassius –

rysmiel

thewildrose –

yvesilena

timeplease –

pseudomonas

truepenny –

lisekit

wychwood –

monanotlisa

yvesilena –

kathrid

So, if anyone wants to recommend me someone from their friends list whom I should be reading, that would be cool too. And please feel free to propagate this as a meme, though it's long-ish to do, I admit.