Still not as many as some . . .

[omorka]

In particular, bassfingers still has far more listed interests than I do. But I added a couple more.

I went ahead and added "mythology." I still feel like I should add a modifier, like "pantheonic mythology" or "comparative cultural mythology," or even "mythological cosmology," but no point in being overly complicated, I guess. Precision isn't that important in an interest list, and I'm pretty specific about many things. I also broke down and added "sex" for the same reason.

I realized that I had "naming" listed, but not "names". I fixed that.

I added another variation on "role-playing games", although there are still people on my friends list that I don't show as having the interest in common despite my knowing they have it listed.

Since I was adding "mythology", I also added "mythos" and "logos". Since I was adding "sex," I also added "eros". Nothing like throwing a little Greek around for clarity, ne?

If I already have "education" listed, is it sufficiently different to justify adding "schools", too?

I also removed one; I figured I didn't need to have "chant" listed if I also had "chanting" and "chants".

Comments

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

But that changes the answers...

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard, but really, Interets like "music" and "books" are kinda useless. There are 748975 people or communities that list music as an interest... I'm sure that means I have something in common with all of them, but it's not enough of a distinction for me to waste one of the 150 Interest slots on it...

[omorka.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, I'm sure that over time any given LJer's interest list, including mine, will evolve.

On the other, I'll admit that I think of it less as a way of finding people with common interests as a way of determining what someone whose journal I'm thinking of reading is like. So if I left out "reading," for example, even though I'm sure it's a very common interest, I'd be omitting something important about myself for someone who was looking over my userinfo trying to decide if I was worth reading or not.

Difference in philosophy, I think . . .

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

Indeed. But by listing specific authors who's work I like, rather than lumping in all the authors I don't like or haven't read, it seems somehow more significant.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

I agree with this; it's pretty much the way I do my interests list, except that mine is still pretty thin by comparison to most. OTOH, that's good if I'm quickly scanning someone else's HUGE interests list -- the ones we have in common will pop out at me.