This is exactly the kinds of posts I like to read on LJ.
I'm not on Facebook. If I 'ever' give in, I will keep furry separate from everything else. I do not want family or coworkers to know a damn thing about my furry life. It's two identities I want to stay as far away from each other as possible.
Yeah heh...I'm really tempted to put fursuit pics up on Facebook, because I am kinda proud of what we've done, but then again, do I really want the girl who I spat milk on in 3rd grade to see my giant breasted purple bat costume? In some ways I think it's kinda neat, in other ways, I really don't want to be out at a bar near my high school during Christmas and have someone come and ask me "So what's with all the costumes?"
This is why I won't join Facebook ever. I really don't want the people I went to school with trying to socialize with me. There's a reason I didn't keep in touch with anyone but my closest friends, and I don't want people I feigned interest in trying to be all buddy buddy with me.
*nods* A very very very good reason not to sign up. It opens a door which may not be able to close once it is open, and it begs the obvious question - do you really want all your high school acquaintances to have access to your life?
I guess the answer is gonna be different for each person. For me, I'm acutely aware that I'm a recluse, and I am genuinely touched when people ask about me. For me, it becomes a way to keep up with my family and people who I see 1-2 times a year and genuinely like, but just don't keep up with on my own.
But yeah...there is a LOT about Facebook that's kinda...ick...lots of needless boasting and high school-style drama.
Yeah and I guess that's the way to do it - have a self-filter to scroll past BS and find those gems. I do occassionally pour through LJ posts and find some really insightful stuff that makes me rethink some of my own opinions.
Of course the unmentioned fact is that I'm self-ummmm, I'm not sure which self-word applies, but I'm just very interested in my own things and not too much in other people's things. Self-absorbed? Self-important? Either way, if it's not something I'm already interested in, it's very hard to pique my interest.
Oh, and speaking of selfish, I never got to say how sorry I was for not showing up the other night - I had my head up my ass and now I feel bad for missing hanging out while you were in town.
Now I will go eat a cilantro-lime chicken sandwich and cry myself to sleep. ;)
hahaha...admit it all you like, I completely understand what you're saying with the LJ, especially lately, since my life has had some ridiculously busy (and unplanned) wrinkles in it. I've been posting occasionally, but not able to keep up with all the friends' posts as I'd like.
And that Facebook thing...every damn person that I know (and plenty I've known in life previously!) seems to be on there, and I've been eyeing it cautiously myself. But I think that if I ever do flesh out an account there (and that's still an 'if' at this point), it will be more "real name" me and less "furry" stuff, just 'cause there're folks from 20 years ago who'll surely find me, and I just don't feel the need to share a lot of my current life with folks I hardly know anymore!
Yeah...personal posting online is so touchy when you're a furry. I have a desire to share myself, but a fear of the consequences that would bring. In all honest, I think I'm enamoured with Facebook because I'm new to it. In time, I'm sure the same things will bug me about it that bug me about LJ, and I will some day realize that it's not the service, it's me who has a problem.
I'd love to get your thoughts on specifics of the theeeeeeengs about Facebook style posting that makes it more interesting. MySpace and Facebook to me seem more like the old style "I'm building a webpage about myself" (which is plenty fine too), whereas LiveJournal is more of a shared interactive diary.
Personally I find the first two to be a lot more work, and in about an hour on LJ I can catch up with about 100 friends.
Like ah said, the webpage style revelations can be good too, ...anxious to hear comparatively how ya feel about 'em ... although maybe you summed it up the best in your last sentence there! ;D
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I'm not on Facebook. If I 'ever' give in, I will keep furry separate from everything else. I do not want family or coworkers to know a damn thing about my furry life. It's two identities I want to stay as far away from each other as possible.
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I guess the answer is gonna be different for each person. For me, I'm acutely aware that I'm a recluse, and I am genuinely touched when people ask about me. For me, it becomes a way to keep up with my family and people who I see 1-2 times a year and genuinely like, but just don't keep up with on my own.
But yeah...there is a LOT about Facebook that's kinda...ick...lots of needless boasting and high school-style drama.
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Of course the unmentioned fact is that I'm self-ummmm, I'm not sure which self-word applies, but I'm just very interested in my own things and not too much in other people's things. Self-absorbed? Self-important? Either way, if it's not something I'm already interested in, it's very hard to pique my interest.
Oh, and speaking of selfish, I never got to say how sorry I was for not showing up the other night - I had my head up my ass and now I feel bad for missing hanging out while you were in town.
Now I will go eat a cilantro-lime chicken sandwich and cry myself to sleep. ;)
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And that Facebook thing...every damn person that I know (and plenty I've known in life previously!) seems to be on there, and I've been eyeing it cautiously myself. But I think that if I ever do flesh out an account there (and that's still an 'if' at this point), it will be more "real name" me and less "furry" stuff, just 'cause there're folks from 20 years ago who'll surely find me, and I just don't feel the need to share a lot of my current life with folks I hardly know anymore!
Good luck with the Facebookin'. :)
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That way I can have one of those "OMG Facebook isn't the pinnacle of inspiring social discourse...I hate this stupid thing!"
...but you'll have to sign up for Facebook to see that post.
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MySpace and Facebook to me seem more like the old style "I'm building a webpage about myself" (which is plenty fine too), whereas LiveJournal is more of a shared interactive diary.
Personally I find the first two to be a lot more work, and in about an hour on LJ I can catch up with about 100 friends.
Like ah said, the webpage style revelations can be good too, ...anxious to hear comparatively how ya feel about 'em ... although maybe you summed it up the best in your last sentence there! ;D
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...unless it'll impress you if I'm on it and you'll think I'm cooler?
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