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O.o
[Let me just preface this entry with: yes I'm a paranoid, freaksome tool]
I don't really read any journals that aren't on my friends list. I'm lazy that way. If someone points out a particularly interesting discussion and actually links me to it, then I'll read it. I might even post if it's interesting enough. As a rule I don't read the journals of people I dislike or that I'm indifferent about - I really can't bring myself to care about what they're nattering about. On very rare occasions I might be found perusing friends' friends lists, but only if I'm desperately bored.
If someone adds me to their friends list, I'll often add them in return, but only after I have some idea what they're about - if we have friends in common, I'm likely to add the person quicker. I want to watch my watchers, you see, and my aforementioned laziness prevents me from doing so in any other way. I don't like the idea of people reading my journal and never having contact with me. It seems a bit ridiculous really - if you want to read my journal, just add it to your friends list and make it easier on yourself. There are only two reasons that I can think of, for not adding a journal you read regularly to your list. 1) You don't want to clutter up your friends list. I think this is a bit of a flimsy excuse but I'll accept it. 2) You want to hide.
And see, I have reason to be paranoid about people sharing information, so the reading and not adding? Bothers me. There's something faintly creepy about people reading my moronic babblings and not once responding to them. I try to make my journal as open a forum as possible and will never delete comments or close/delete threads. I've had to disable anonymous posting for security reasons but otherwise I think I'm welcoming to new acquaintances.
I know that lj filters and friends lists are porous. We all know this. People talk about private entries with their other friends, often sparking off fandom kerfluffles.
It makes one think, what these people trying to hide from me, or you?
I realize that the above makes little sense. I'm more reacting than considering in this post, so I'd appreciate your thoughts on the subject, to help me clarify my own.
I don't really read any journals that aren't on my friends list. I'm lazy that way. If someone points out a particularly interesting discussion and actually links me to it, then I'll read it. I might even post if it's interesting enough. As a rule I don't read the journals of people I dislike or that I'm indifferent about - I really can't bring myself to care about what they're nattering about. On very rare occasions I might be found perusing friends' friends lists, but only if I'm desperately bored.
If someone adds me to their friends list, I'll often add them in return, but only after I have some idea what they're about - if we have friends in common, I'm likely to add the person quicker. I want to watch my watchers, you see, and my aforementioned laziness prevents me from doing so in any other way. I don't like the idea of people reading my journal and never having contact with me. It seems a bit ridiculous really - if you want to read my journal, just add it to your friends list and make it easier on yourself. There are only two reasons that I can think of, for not adding a journal you read regularly to your list. 1) You don't want to clutter up your friends list. I think this is a bit of a flimsy excuse but I'll accept it. 2) You want to hide.
And see, I have reason to be paranoid about people sharing information, so the reading and not adding? Bothers me. There's something faintly creepy about people reading my moronic babblings and not once responding to them. I try to make my journal as open a forum as possible and will never delete comments or close/delete threads. I've had to disable anonymous posting for security reasons but otherwise I think I'm welcoming to new acquaintances.
I know that lj filters and friends lists are porous. We all know this. People talk about private entries with their other friends, often sparking off fandom kerfluffles.
It makes one think, what these people trying to hide from me, or you?
I realize that the above makes little sense. I'm more reacting than considering in this post, so I'd appreciate your thoughts on the subject, to help me clarify my own.