Question

[velvetpage]

For those of you who post links: how do you keep track of them? Do you have a file you copy the links to? Do you bookmark them all?

I'm asking because I'm in YET ANOTHER vaccination debate, and I've decided it's time to gather up all the links to everything I've read and written on the subject. A lot of it is in my memories, but that's a pain in the neck.

Comments

[wyldraven.livejournal.com]

Several LJ S2 styles support creating link lists that display in the same column as your tags list. I have begun to use that to keep a handy list of some of my most reused links.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=169

[wyldraven.livejournal.com]

It looks like you tried this, and missed the mark slightly. Each entry requires two lines. The first line is the text, and the second line is what that text should link to.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Ah, I get it. I wondered why it didn't look right.

I think I'm going to try the del.icio.us suggestion for a while, because I don't need the links quite that close to hand. But when I find some I really want to watch, that's where I'll put them.

[wyldraven.livejournal.com]

No problem. It's your journal. :)

[wyldraven.livejournal.com]

And if you don't have an S2 style that supports links, how about a single private post where you gather all the links for a specific topic, and mark that private entry in your memories?

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

I try to have something relevant to the link in my Tags for that post.

The only problem I find is remembering what so-called "clever" tag I gave it.

[girlydoll.livejournal.com]

If you go back and edit a post, any post, you can gain access to a drop down list of all the tags you have ever created in your journal.

Might help you if you didn't know about that.

[siobhan63.livejournal.com]

I just save 'em in my bookmarks or in some cases, create a folder in my bookmarks folder in Firefox and to save links relating to specific topics/issues/etc. that i think are great or that i might need at some point (not just for LJ, but for my site, blog, whatever) and save 'em there. Isn't that what bookmarks folders are for?

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I have a link blog and when I save a link there/publish a link there, I put it in a category, so if I have to refer to it, I click on the category heading. It's ONLY because I have the blog, I wouldn't say someone should do it otherwise.

[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Oh lord. I'm sorry I dragged you into that.

I appreciate all the info you and pudgiebudgie posted though - gave me ammo against another non-vaxer in my journal. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I don't mind, actually. It's a bit of an annoyance, but I tend to seek out that kind of annoyance so I have something to rant about. :) And if it helps someone who's fence-sitting decide to vaccinate, then it's worth it.

[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Vaxing was one of those things that I felt instinctually was the right thing to do ( I parent a lot by instinct, have you noticed?? :D), but even I am overwhelmed and appalled by the stats you guys had. Seems like the hard-core non-vaxers are also the ones who believe in conspiracy theories and hate the government, and can't seperate reality from hysteria.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yep. In their defense, have you ever googled "vaccines"? You'll find that most of the first two pages of links are all anti-vaccination sites. The amount of misinformation and misleading information on the internet about vaccination is unreal. And many of those sites say very scary things. They list side effects/reactions, but instead of listing them in order of most likely to least, they list them starting with the worst - anaphylactic shock. Talk about a scare tactic! And then there's the bit about aborted babies being an ingredient for vaccines. Holy urban myth, Batman!

/preaching to the choir

[urban-homestead.livejournal.com]

And on that note...

Here's a great link (http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=52) about vaccination disinformation campaigns!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! And it includes a great page about the complete lack of a link between MMR and autism! *dies and goes to heaven*

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

My sweetie, rbowspryte, uses delicious to track her links. It's a website designed for the very purpose of tracking links. You might want to check it out.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've set that up - it's the easiest way to track them.