Comments | denouement: random thought about sharing/oversharing/undersharing with livejournal

denouement

random thought about sharing/oversharing/undersharing with livejournal

Mar 18, 2009 01:33

When I first started writing here 9 years ago, sharing to the point of oversharing was so addictive and liberating. Now that everyone is so connected on this world wide web, I'm finding the secrets to be my drug. It's just so strange to think about the things I used to say, the photos I used to share on here.

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substantiate March 18 2009, 12:03:27 UTC

I KNOW! I had this moment with facebook (when TW's grandmother friended me) that I was just suddenly over it. I've been thinking about it, how much I used to love pouring myself out here because I couldn't anywhere else. Now the Internet feels like the everywhere else.

symptom March 18 2009, 12:17:53 UTC

that is SO true. there's only so much 140 characters can convey.

satirical March 18 2009, 12:34:23 UTC

yes.

grass_water March 18 2009, 13:18:46 UTC

livejournal is the only place i am comfortable sharing information about myself. i have no idea why. perhaps because i've been here so long, and the people on my friend's list have been with me just as long? i don't share info in real life at all. or on any other website, for that matter. it's strange.

fusis March 18 2009, 14:36:28 UTC

I never used to share much of anything when I first started and I find my vague entries to be so utterly useless.

Wow, I can't believe you've been writing in here that long. I don't have any journals from when I was a teenager. They're all gone.

So wait, other peoples' secrets are your drug? Or the secrets you write? Also, did you edit this entry because the comments are confusing me :)

denouement March 18 2009, 14:43:01 UTC

My secrets that I don't write anywhere are just kind of a comfort blanket. And not even really secrets, just the things I omit. And I do share, I share a lot with Kara on gchat and with my friend Amanda here in VA, but writing things here just seems so permanent.

And I actually didn't edit this entry! I usually do edit things a ton but this one is exactly how I wrote it the first time.

fusis March 18 2009, 15:12:05 UTC

Ohhh okay, I get it!

Sometimes I wish that I'd go back to making my journal more mysterious and artsy, but I guess I just can't. It's funny that you wrote this entry, because last night I was considering locking down my journal more, the older entries. Sometimes it feels like such a burden. Like a window to my brain that people can peek into. And maybe it's not the best place to share photos anymore.