Learning to love LiveJournal

[poetprincessakr]

Ok, it's official and my research has begun. Every time I sit down to LJ I'll be taking notes. And I'll be reading entries and profiles and looking for things interesting for my paper. Let me know what you think about this community and online journals in general. I need as much raw material as possible so I can analyze and apply theory.

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[roughdiamonds]

I have always kept a journal. In processing my thoughts, I've always found it easier to communicate through writing rather than talking. Something that attracted me to online journaling was that with written paper journals, there's an aspect of secrecy and privacy and hidden-ness and that just feels really dishonest to me. It's a weird thing to let someone read your book journal, those are deep, secret thoughts and I don't like to feel like I am keeping secrets. I value honesty, truth and my thoughts. Immodest as it may sound, I feel I have insights that need to be shared with the world, even if it's only a small world. With online journaling, the premise is that it IS public (in most cases) and for me I felt more validated as a writer in a way, having my thoughts in a more public realm