LJ thoughts
Apr. 18th, 2003 02:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxI'm doing what I tended to complain about people using LJ for, before I had LJ! Sort of.
My posts to LJ are generally things for which there are *not* specific people who need to hear them. They are generally random thoughts that I had and wanted to share with whoever wants to hear them.
When I have posts that I think I need to share with other people than those who read LJ, I've been very good at sending those along.
I seem to think of LJ as a place where people can come hear and read about what I have to say when I think of it, rather than, as in email and most conversations, when something is triggered by a conversation I am either having with a specific person or by something I think of *right* then.
I feel strange sending people mail out of the blue about things I think of randomly; it seems.. forced, somehow. And it feels kinda like I'm forcing them to read about stuff without any knowledge of if they *care*. At least if it comes up in conversation, it relates to something.
So, LJ is a happy medium. I can write the random crap that comes out of my head, whether it be silly links, amusing things that happened near me, or things I'm processing - and anyone who reads it is doing so *because* *they* *want* *to*.
And, when I write things that I know people not on LJ will want to know (most of my processing stuff, and the recent family stuff), I can (and do!) simply copy the post and send the email. I still dislike the out of the blue-ness of it all (and the fact that I'm sending mail originally written with no recipient in mind), but at least for those who get those messages, I *know* they want to know about the information in them. Generally, because email conversations in the past or current have already touched upon such things and there was interest expressed. And, generally, because they are people I've become sufficiently close to that they almost need to know.
These thoughts came up because of someone I've been chatting with over email for a few months, who I'd not been doing a very good job keeping up with, due to sheer busy-ness (major problem), to the fact that the questions asked tended to be things I'd not considered or tend to have difficulty answering. Said person had followed the link from my webpage to my journal here, and is currently investigating having an account at least partially because of the things I post vs. email.
(Hee. I'm creating more LJ'ers. ;)
My posts to LJ are generally things for which there are *not* specific people who need to hear them. They are generally random thoughts that I had and wanted to share with whoever wants to hear them.
When I have posts that I think I need to share with other people than those who read LJ, I've been very good at sending those along.
I seem to think of LJ as a place where people can come hear and read about what I have to say when I think of it, rather than, as in email and most conversations, when something is triggered by a conversation I am either having with a specific person or by something I think of *right* then.
I feel strange sending people mail out of the blue about things I think of randomly; it seems.. forced, somehow. And it feels kinda like I'm forcing them to read about stuff without any knowledge of if they *care*. At least if it comes up in conversation, it relates to something.
So, LJ is a happy medium. I can write the random crap that comes out of my head, whether it be silly links, amusing things that happened near me, or things I'm processing - and anyone who reads it is doing so *because* *they* *want* *to*.
And, when I write things that I know people not on LJ will want to know (most of my processing stuff, and the recent family stuff), I can (and do!) simply copy the post and send the email. I still dislike the out of the blue-ness of it all (and the fact that I'm sending mail originally written with no recipient in mind), but at least for those who get those messages, I *know* they want to know about the information in them. Generally, because email conversations in the past or current have already touched upon such things and there was interest expressed. And, generally, because they are people I've become sufficiently close to that they almost need to know.
These thoughts came up because of someone I've been chatting with over email for a few months, who I'd not been doing a very good job keeping up with, due to sheer busy-ness (major problem), to the fact that the questions asked tended to be things I'd not considered or tend to have difficulty answering. Said person had followed the link from my webpage to my journal here, and is currently investigating having an account at least partially because of the things I post vs. email.
(Hee. I'm creating more LJ'ers. ;)
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Date: 2003-04-18 02:09 pm (UTC)Heh. You've gone from being a user to pushing the stuff yourself. The terminals in school libraries should have little signs on them that say "LIVEJOURNAL FREE SCHOOL ZONE" or something. :-)
Just nobody ever introduce me to Everquest, OK?
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Date: 2003-04-18 02:14 pm (UTC)Two months ago, I was anti-LJ.
This disturbs me, somehow.
Kinda. If I weren't randomly manic.
I'm honored...
Date: 2003-04-23 05:47 am (UTC)I have an account now, but I've done precious little about setting anything up. Wanting to reply here, prompted me to find a picture to add to my account. Unfortunately it's about 3 years old. My hard drive crashed at work, so I don't have access to more recent pictures. I have to remember to fix the picture when I'm at home.
Thanks for mentioning me, even if it wasn't by name.
Brokk...
Re: I'm honored...
Date: 2003-04-23 12:25 pm (UTC)And I tend to try to avoid using people's names. *shrug*