On openness and LJ

[magdalenavb]

A friend posted about frustration over reactions to his/her deeply, emotionally honest blogging. This friend is so frustrated by responses that s/he is considering cutting back severely on that blogging. I felt compelled to respond, because, well... I'm good at over-thinking things... I started this as a response to the post, but it

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[h3salthea]

...like the thoughtful, well-thought out response.

And yes, there are quite a few nails hit on the head with this.

[stefsoap]

Actually, I wasn't talking about LJ, but about talking to people directly. I realize this is a limited medium, but I have very few friends on LJ that I don't know and trust in real life and I filter those people out from anything emotional.

You make some excellent points though and I think I will go back and turn my entire journal private.

[aliwodehalle]

Very well said!