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[wispfox]

Reading through people's old entries when I've recently added them makes me feel like a stalker.

I do it anyway.

I even reply, if I feel so moved. Perhaps because I feel a need to demonstrate my stalker tendancies?

Hi. I'm an LJ stalker. Apparently I am also an addictive substance.

The problem, of course, is that I have this insatiable need to dive into the brains of people I think are neat. And people's past posts are a form of doing that. And I'm horribly nosy.

Comments

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

I think the term "stalker" get way over applied these days.

A stalker is someone who steals your underwear or goes through your garbage to save your used popsicle sticks... not someone who reads things that you publish publicly on the Internet.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*smiles*

True enough. But for some reason, knowing all this doesn't make me feel any less stalker-ish. Obviously, it's not a strong enough feeling for me to _stop_ doing so, but... still. *shrug*

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I'll chime in on the side of "that's not stalker-y". I like to read old lj posts, too! But I rarely have the time/patience to go through someone's entire journal, so I'll just skip around.

I feel more stalkery when I spend a while Googling someone or looking for old Usenet posts under their name or handle.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

rarely have the time/patience to go through someone's entire journal, so I'll just skip around.

Oh, certainly. I don't think there is _anyone_, except possibly if they hardly ever post, whose journal I've seen all of.

Also, I'm enjoying the mental picture of you skipping around. :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I feel more stalkery when I spend a while Googling someone or looking for old Usenet posts under their name or handle.

Well, this, too - but I do it far less frequently. :)

[underwatercolor.livejournal.com]

*grins* Yes. I like being stalked. :) Have chatted about stalking before, with vamp_ire. I think we called it friendly stalking. Hard to imagine not doing so, if seriously interested. :)

I think the true distinction of a stalker is what happens when you ask them to stop.

Commenting makes it more apparent what you're doing, which also makes it less stalk-like. An imbalance of knowledge is characteristic.