Comments | blastedbill: Isn't the point that ppl know who you are?

blastedbill

Isn't the point that ppl know who you are?

Mar 16, 2006 01:11

You know what realy grinds my gears? when i can't find the droids i'm looking for.... er ... i mean ( Read more... )

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dadindinda March 16 2006, 06:43:59 UTC

I actually used to have a different lj account under my regular online name, but certain situations forced me to open a new account. And for a long time on my new account, I had generic userpics because I was in essence "hiding."

Most people dont' want their coworkers, relatives, mortal enemies to stumble upon their livejournal for good reason. For a lot of people, myself included, lj needs to be a safe zone where they can feel free to express themselves. That's why all my entries are friends only.

emiofbrie March 16 2006, 14:05:53 UTC

Um.... o.O

At least my default icon is *based* off the RL me (and my RL cat)

blastedbill March 16 2006, 20:43:27 UTC

but your nick is the same. i just want one of the three. real name, real pic, or same nick as always.

Yeah... bathtubnz March 16 2006, 15:01:49 UTC

Know what you mean, I try to stick with BathTub, but occasionally people beat me to it, so my back up is BathTubNZ, like it is here, on Ebay and Myspace.

childe March 16 2006, 15:32:40 UTC

It's a misconception to say that the point is for people to know who you are.

LJ is as anonymous as USEnet newsgroups were.

blastedbill March 16 2006, 20:45:49 UTC

if the point of lj is to be anonymous, why does lj as for your name and for a pic?

blastedbill March 16 2006, 20:48:23 UTC

as = ask of course

childe March 16 2006, 21:12:37 UTC

There is no point to any facet of the Internet.

They are tools, to be used to whatever goal that the holder of the tool desires.

thatguychuck March 16 2006, 16:03:26 UTC

I give up. If I'm friended by someone and I can't figure out who they are, I generally don't friend them back.

Oh, I'll take a look at their info page and their pictures, but quite often that doesn't help me at all. I understand, brother. I feel your pain. (And then I try to ignore the pain and simply give up on figuring out who the person is.)