FWIW i read it exactly as you did, but i figured rivka didn't actually mean it like that, being as she strikes me from years of reading her articles as scrupulously professional.

Thanks for that. I think this is where we get into the implied audience of LJ. I wouldn't use wording like that in a purely public setting, because, well, it's unethical research conduct to pick and choose your participants based on anything other than your stated criteria. But here in my journal, I figure that the people reading my words know me - or at least, know enough about my public self-presentation to be able to read my tone.