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nyhamsterhouse

Dear Readers (all two of you)

Jul 11, 2005 14:25

Hey there, I am thinking of making this journal "friends-only," so that I don't have a repeat of the last blog and have to shut it down because someone thinks that people are being mean to him there ( Read more... )

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Beat ya to it. floggins July 11 2005, 19:05:02 UTC

Funny, I just created an account so I wouldn't have to keep commenting as "anonymous." Then I added you as a friend, and it linked me to your latest post. =) So clearly, joining is ok by me.

ok with me sfxmaven July 11 2005, 19:35:55 UTC

Yeah, obviously, I created an account so that I could also stop commenting on your site without being "annonymous". And now that I've surfed around LJ, I really like it. There's so much to do here.

I always wondered in the other blog-land why you didn't make your posts "protected". Whenever I need to vent or gush without worry of who's reading there, I protect the posts so that only my friends can read them...

But anyway, what was I saying? Oh yes, protect them and you will feel safer. And that's good.

Why didn't I make it protected last time? nyhamsterhouse July 11 2005, 19:44:48 UTC

I think I never bothered doing that because of two reasons, one being that I am a very open person and I didn't see the point in saying one thing to certain friends and something else to others. The other reason, as I told Sean, was that I really, really loved the advice I got from people I didn't know who found me through the PTSD or rape survivor groups. It's so wonderful to know that other people are going through the same thing. So, once I make this friends-only, I lose that perk... Oh well.

Re: Why didn't I make it protected last time? sfxmaven July 11 2005, 21:27:44 UTC

It's a tough trade off. Personally, the input I get from random people who find my site is different from that which you got from yours Usually I want to discuss the dumb music stuff with random people and can talk to my friends about the personal stuff. But you wanted input from random people regarding the rape and stuff that is personal but important to keep non-private.

I think if you want the same type of input here, you can ad certain communities as friends, and then people in those communities will be able to read your blog (right?), but make it "friends only" to random people who don't stumble upon your blog through a community...

Am I making sense or did I say something that isn't actually permitted by LJ?

Lock it up baby anonymous July 11 2005, 19:58:03 UTC

I say make it private so that you can feel free to say whatever. I think that blogging has really helped you begin the healing process and I think this is something you need to do for YOU. Screw anyone - gay or not - who thinks that you should share your feelings with your friends.

So yes, I say, make this a private blog... You could always select certain posts to be private, right? While still keeping the larger part of the blog public? -Sam

I've already registered sammie356 July 11 2005, 20:00:45 UTC

To add to my previous comment, I've already registered here... and I am trying to think if I want to move CurlyInTheCity over from Blogger?? Any thoughts?