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Apr. 30th, 2003 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Hey there, all...
That poem was my 400th LiveJournal entry. Imagine that... o.O I've also had one of these puppies for about 19 months and some change. I missed my one year anniversary by a bit. Amazing.
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seph_ebonblade mentioned that he thought people were just using their LJs as a soapbox to bitch, or a bulletin board to post what was great, and never giving themselves the opportunity to expose what they're *really* like. It's a common thing; I've seen LJs use for 'political' ends, for sympathy-magnets, for all kinds of other things I'd generall consider, well, pathetic. And admittedly, I've been less-than-completely-honest about my own Journal usage here and there. <:)
LiveJournal is a medium unlike any other. It's one of those few places where you can be legitimately honest...well, where you're *supposed* to be legitimately honest...but still be within the public eye. There's an odd sort of balance you have to maintain if you want to be true to the ideal; which is openly revealing your thoughts and feelings while recognizing there's an 'audience' out there reading it.
A lot of people don't use LJ for that, and that's fine. For me, it's been a pretty wonderful tool for scratching down my feelings on something other than brain tissue; I can think a lot more clearly because I have some place to 'hash things out', so to speak. Not to mention I've made some great friends doing it.
So um...here's to LiveJournal!
That poem was my 400th LiveJournal entry. Imagine that... o.O I've also had one of these puppies for about 19 months and some change. I missed my one year anniversary by a bit. Amazing.
I think
seph_ebonblade mentioned that he thought people were just using their LJs as a soapbox to bitch, or a bulletin board to post what was great, and never giving themselves the opportunity to expose what they're *really* like. It's a common thing; I've seen LJs use for 'political' ends, for sympathy-magnets, for all kinds of other things I'd generall consider, well, pathetic. And admittedly, I've been less-than-completely-honest about my own Journal usage here and there. <:)
LiveJournal is a medium unlike any other. It's one of those few places where you can be legitimately honest...well, where you're *supposed* to be legitimately honest...but still be within the public eye. There's an odd sort of balance you have to maintain if you want to be true to the ideal; which is openly revealing your thoughts and feelings while recognizing there's an 'audience' out there reading it.
A lot of people don't use LJ for that, and that's fine. For me, it's been a pretty wonderful tool for scratching down my feelings on something other than brain tissue; I can think a lot more clearly because I have some place to 'hash things out', so to speak. Not to mention I've made some great friends doing it.
So um...here's to LiveJournal!
