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im too sick to go to weight training so i decided to catch up on some lj drama. I just have to say that when someone joins livejournal, or any online community or even just IMing someone, they are opening themselves up to a world of possible humiliation, harm, and deception.
Of course, livejournal and myspace and online communities can be incredibly efficient in getting a certain message across to a large group of people, or an opinion, or to get the word across about a show or an event that someone feels is important.
but at the same time, it can (and has numerous times in my broad range of friends) been abused. I have experienced first hand what it's like to be ostracized, criticized, and confronted on the internet. it sucks. and it should stop.
i have done my share of shit talking on the computer as well and i fully admit to that. but when something so tangible, a piece of plastic and some wires, can pull a best friendship or an entire community apart, it needs to be stopped. im making a general statement here, but im sure almost anyone reading this can narrow it down to a certain situation. and it's not that i feel like i need to be apart of this conflict. i just need to put my two cents in for all it's worth. people have been expelled from school because of words written on the internet, people (even in our area code) have had their lives completely flipped and changed and have made important desicions based on what they read on a computer screen. most of what is written on here would never be transformed into spoken word. you all need to get back to preinternet ways of communication like try calling someone when you have a problem with them. and save the internet for more productive and less personal purposes...
it's not like you all don't have eachother's numbers..
im not going to apologize for writing this, i guess it just makes me sad to see such a strong group of my peers in conflict with one another. it's dissapointing that such a modern tool can be used for such evil. it's stupid.
anyway, since i stopped going online everyday i have noticed a change in my mood and attitude. im a much happier person now that i dont come home and sit infront of the computer for 3 hours wallowing in self pity over criticism or posting a million lame myspace pictures up for the world to see.
no longer do i have the urge to even see what gossip i can find on livejournal or myspace or any communities. i lost my sense of belonging in the internet world, and i like it a lot. it's like a ball and chain, which has allowed me to be more open and accepting of people that i do not know, where as when i may have seen them on the internet, i already had all these preconceived notions about them.
and it is definitly addictive... its hard to walk away from drama because it's exciting and interesting. and honestly, who doesn't get off watching others' reactions to situations? or who isn't curious to know who's dating who, or who might hate who or whatever, it's interesting, and scandelous sometimes... i know.
all im saying is, try to get off the computer and call someone... or keep a REAL journal, i started one two years ago. no one reads my real journal unless i allow them too, and i get to decide right then and there if they do. no click of a mouse is going to allow anyone to read my feelings and thoughts.
and even the fact that it is much more rewarding to be able to watch someone leaf through your real writing and watch their facial expressions and reactions than to be clueless about what they are thinking while they read your thoughts over a cabel line.
just a thought...
Of course, livejournal and myspace and online communities can be incredibly efficient in getting a certain message across to a large group of people, or an opinion, or to get the word across about a show or an event that someone feels is important.
but at the same time, it can (and has numerous times in my broad range of friends) been abused. I have experienced first hand what it's like to be ostracized, criticized, and confronted on the internet. it sucks. and it should stop.
i have done my share of shit talking on the computer as well and i fully admit to that. but when something so tangible, a piece of plastic and some wires, can pull a best friendship or an entire community apart, it needs to be stopped. im making a general statement here, but im sure almost anyone reading this can narrow it down to a certain situation. and it's not that i feel like i need to be apart of this conflict. i just need to put my two cents in for all it's worth. people have been expelled from school because of words written on the internet, people (even in our area code) have had their lives completely flipped and changed and have made important desicions based on what they read on a computer screen. most of what is written on here would never be transformed into spoken word. you all need to get back to preinternet ways of communication like try calling someone when you have a problem with them. and save the internet for more productive and less personal purposes...
it's not like you all don't have eachother's numbers..
im not going to apologize for writing this, i guess it just makes me sad to see such a strong group of my peers in conflict with one another. it's dissapointing that such a modern tool can be used for such evil. it's stupid.
anyway, since i stopped going online everyday i have noticed a change in my mood and attitude. im a much happier person now that i dont come home and sit infront of the computer for 3 hours wallowing in self pity over criticism or posting a million lame myspace pictures up for the world to see.
no longer do i have the urge to even see what gossip i can find on livejournal or myspace or any communities. i lost my sense of belonging in the internet world, and i like it a lot. it's like a ball and chain, which has allowed me to be more open and accepting of people that i do not know, where as when i may have seen them on the internet, i already had all these preconceived notions about them.
and it is definitly addictive... its hard to walk away from drama because it's exciting and interesting. and honestly, who doesn't get off watching others' reactions to situations? or who isn't curious to know who's dating who, or who might hate who or whatever, it's interesting, and scandelous sometimes... i know.
all im saying is, try to get off the computer and call someone... or keep a REAL journal, i started one two years ago. no one reads my real journal unless i allow them too, and i get to decide right then and there if they do. no click of a mouse is going to allow anyone to read my feelings and thoughts.
and even the fact that it is much more rewarding to be able to watch someone leaf through your real writing and watch their facial expressions and reactions than to be clueless about what they are thinking while they read your thoughts over a cabel line.
just a thought...