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I got to thinking about some of the things I wrote earlier. Even within my code, there are "levels" of conformity.
On a base level, I am comfortable with everything I say being seen by everyone I know (or even strangers, for that matter). However, that doesn't mean that I would actively *share* that information with the masses.
I think these journals are great. They are a wonderful place for people to get things off their chest and get feedback from people who aren't so close to the situation that they have a stake in what is going on.
But as more and more people meet and become friends in real life, the more complexity it adds to the situation. You may want and need to vent about something your friend did, but if they're on LJ with you, how do you go about doing that without feeling like you have put them on the spot?
For me, I struggled with whether or not I would post in response to artyste's question about sexual abuse.
Yes, I was abused as a child. Yes, many of my real life friends know about it, and know who the abuser is. However, I don't believe it is appropriate for me to write about it in a journal that could potentially be read by that person. For one thing, you begin to toy with issues such as libel and slander.
So, on frustrating days, my friends may become letters of the alphabet. This is not to say that they won't read my journal and realize that I am supremely pissed off at them. However, it doesn't broadcast their identity to the world. Why would I do that? Well, as I said in my previous post, everyone looks at the world differently. I would not want strangers to think ill of one of my friends just because one day my hormones were being over-active and I got ticked off at something inconsequential and wrote about it in my journal to help blow off steam.
On a base level, I am comfortable with everything I say being seen by everyone I know (or even strangers, for that matter). However, that doesn't mean that I would actively *share* that information with the masses.
I think these journals are great. They are a wonderful place for people to get things off their chest and get feedback from people who aren't so close to the situation that they have a stake in what is going on.
But as more and more people meet and become friends in real life, the more complexity it adds to the situation. You may want and need to vent about something your friend did, but if they're on LJ with you, how do you go about doing that without feeling like you have put them on the spot?
For me, I struggled with whether or not I would post in response to artyste's question about sexual abuse.
Yes, I was abused as a child. Yes, many of my real life friends know about it, and know who the abuser is. However, I don't believe it is appropriate for me to write about it in a journal that could potentially be read by that person. For one thing, you begin to toy with issues such as libel and slander.
So, on frustrating days, my friends may become letters of the alphabet. This is not to say that they won't read my journal and realize that I am supremely pissed off at them. However, it doesn't broadcast their identity to the world. Why would I do that? Well, as I said in my previous post, everyone looks at the world differently. I would not want strangers to think ill of one of my friends just because one day my hormones were being over-active and I got ticked off at something inconsequential and wrote about it in my journal to help blow off steam.
