Information, please:

[tzikeh]

I was directed to an lj user's info page today that was about ten browser-screens long; it had photos and quotes and lyrics and drawings and policies and school info and art credits and every possible thing lj lets you display on it and then some. And it made me wonder (among, uh, other things) what it is people hope to find on info pages, and what people put on their own info page, and possibly why.

So, naturally, it's time for another poll!

ETA: *sigh* I forgot to include "interests", because I am a chowderhead.

[Poll #1220018]

Comments

[vickita.livejournal.com]

My user info page has a link to a Firefly quote of the day thingy that I just noticed is *down*. Argh. It wasn't down the last time I looked. Hopefully it'll come back up; it always gave me a grin whenever I looked at my profile page.

I look at other people's pages sometimes when I'm reading a story they've written and I think to myself,

(a) "How the hell *old* is this person, anyway?" (usually when I get the impression that somebody probably isn't of majority age)

(b) "Heh, this person has never, ever been to [location I'm familiar with] in her *life* has she?" or

(c) "Wow, this person must be from [location I'm familiar with] -- where is this person from, anyway?"

Re: cake -- I came across a recipe last night telling how to make an individual serving of chocolate cake in a mug in the microwave in five minutes. I'm going to try it tonight. If it works out, I'll post Teh Bigge Sekrit. *g* (Why should I be the only one going to hell, one mug of chocolate cake at a time?)

[klia.livejournal.com]

I'd add to your list:

(d) "Has this writer ever actually had sex with another person?"

[vickita.livejournal.com]

*g* That's frequently why I'm wondering how old this person is, although it's not always a one-to-one correspondence.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Holy crap - single-serving cake?! I'D NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE AGAIN!

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Huh. I just tried it; it's cake, all right. I think it needs a little refinement -- I'm going to try it again tomorrow and throw in a few drops of vanilla, maybe -- but this is definitely a happenin' thing. Especially if you were to drizzle a little chocolate syrup on it after you cooked it.

This is a bad, bad thing for me to know. Heh.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Okay, I got permission to repost the recipe, so here it is (http://vickita.livejournal.com/487737.html). If we don't hear from you in a few days, we'll put together a rescue party. *ggg*

[luminosity]

(a) "How the hell *old* is this person, anyway?" (usually when I get the impression that somebody probably isn't of majority age)
(b) "Heh, this person has never, ever been to [location I'm familiar with] in her *life* has she?" or

God, yes. It's seldom that I can't deduce the person's age from his/her user info. Even if it's not blatantly stated. hee

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Exactly. They usually out themselves, even if they don't mean to. *g*