Memories of journals and communities

[melannen]

Title:
Memories of journals and communities

Area:
memories

Summary:
I'd like to be able to add journals and communities (and maybe tags) to my memories, as well as individual posts.

Description:
A lot of times, I find a journal or a community or a tag on a journal or community that I'd like to remember, but I don't want to watch it or get notifications for it, I just want to be reminded to check up on it or catch up on it every once in a while. (Either because I'm not sure if I want to subscribe yet, or it's too spammy to have on my reading list, or I prefer to read in large chunks rather than update by update.)

I'd like to have a button I can click (like the 'memory' button on posts) that will let me add entire journals, communities, or tags on journals or communities. The best way to do this, I think, would be as part of the memory system overhaul. But something along the lines of the "interesting libraries" list on LibraryThing - that just gives you a separate list of users you find vaguely interesting - would also work, if allowing pages other than entry pages into memories would be too complicated.

Poll #989 Memories of journals and communities

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32

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Should be implemented as-is.
20 (62.5%)

Should be implemented with changes.
1 (3.1%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (9.4%)

(I have no opinion)
8 (25.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[susanreads]

When we have reading filters I'm planning to subscribe to several more journals/communities/feeds and put them on a filter that I'll only check when I have time to spare (it could happen! on a Sunday some time!), but this might be a better way of doing it (except that I think we'll get reading filters before the new memory system is finished).

[melannen]

Yeah, you can work around some of the things with reading filters, when we have them, though I really don't like using a default reading filter, and I tend to be shy about subscribing anyway. (especially with personal journals that I'd like to keep an eye on for awhile, to see if I want to subscribe - I don't want to subscribe and then unsubscribe a week later if I decide "no", because that makes *me* feel crappy when it happens to me.)

You can also use external bookmarks and link lists, but I'd prefer something built into the site, like memories is.

[turlough]

especially with personal journals that I'd like to keep an eye on for awhile, to see if I want to subscribe

I use notifications for this, both on LJ and here. (I love notifications so much! :-)