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[rivka]

What attracted me to LJ was the idea of writing about anything that interests me at the moment, without worrying about whether it's interesting to other people or appropriate to a particular locale. It's true that I'm aware of my audience - at first I tried not to have one, by not telling anyone I was keeping an online journal - but it's also true that I feel freed by the opt-in nature of LJ. If you're not interested in what I write, why are you reading my journal?, I ask my inner critic when it accuses me of being boring or precious or self-involved. And my inner critic has to shut up.

It occurs to me that while this is a feature to me, a LJ writer, to many LJ readers it's probably something more like a bug.

This post brought to you by a debate in alt.polyamory.

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The opt in nature of LJ

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

It is a feature for me as well.

I also use it to keep track of stuff happening to me as well a way to let friends know what's up with me.

I find LJ easier to deal with then newsgroups. alt.c and alt.poly get overwhelming often.

Re: The opt in nature of LJ

[wcg.livejournal.com]

What she said.

I just do not have the time to read through the newsgroups these days. Oh, I might pull them up to look for specific people, but even then I won't read all the posts by my more loquacious friends. Here, I can look at the friends page once or twice a day, and that lets me know if something's going on with a bunch of people. If there's something that specifically touches on me, I know I'll probably get e-mail about it, or a phone call, or somesuch. But here I can keep a finger on the pulse