Ho ho ho, into the fortress we go
For a longish (in the Internet, at any rate) time I kept my journal public for everyone to see. I took a somewhat idealistic stance on the matter - I wanted to be open and not to restrict, not to leave anyone out. In these years I've changed and because of that, the world I see has changed. I can't say I would be less of an idealist now than I used to be, but I've come to see this journal from a different point of view, especially now that I do such things as work. Googling people before interviews is getting more common every day, and even though my real name is not shown in this journal and I don't use this exact same nickname anywhere, it wouldn't take a genius to figure out a way to connect me and this journal. I feel that people who would stumble in would get a very false image of me - after all, I don't write a lot and when I do I tend to write things even my friends don't always understand. Just like some (most?) of you have noticed from a few past entries, I'm making my journal friendslocked from now on, meaning only people listed in my friends list can read this journal.
I keep a public blog which I don't write as often as I should - I'll edit this post to contain the adress later. Those who are on my friends list will be kept there. However, my policy of accepting friends will change from now on - I used to say that you're welcome to read my journal because it's public, whether I have listed you as a friend or not. Obviously this is no longer the case. I don't want to restrict the readership too much, so by default, if you ask to be added as a friend, you will. If you don't have an account, create one. It's free and you don't have to write anything on your own journal. This leads me to the next part - don't assume that I read your journal just because I have listed you as a friend. That's for practical purpose, and if it would be possible to separate friends and people who can read berian I would.
Well, what do people say in these entries? Friends only comment to be added? It sucks to start seeing the lock icon on my entries, but I guess that is necessary. Bye bye anonymous people - you can always comment on this entry if you feel the need to object. If you "just don't want to" create a livejournal account, you're even more pathetic than me for not wanting to see a lock icon next to my entries.
tl;dr - Friends only, comment to be added.
I keep a public blog which I don't write as often as I should - I'll edit this post to contain the adress later. Those who are on my friends list will be kept there. However, my policy of accepting friends will change from now on - I used to say that you're welcome to read my journal because it's public, whether I have listed you as a friend or not. Obviously this is no longer the case. I don't want to restrict the readership too much, so by default, if you ask to be added as a friend, you will. If you don't have an account, create one. It's free and you don't have to write anything on your own journal. This leads me to the next part - don't assume that I read your journal just because I have listed you as a friend. That's for practical purpose, and if it would be possible to separate friends and people who can read berian I would.
Well, what do people say in these entries? Friends only comment to be added? It sucks to start seeing the lock icon on my entries, but I guess that is necessary. Bye bye anonymous people - you can always comment on this entry if you feel the need to object. If you "just don't want to" create a livejournal account, you're even more pathetic than me for not wanting to see a lock icon next to my entries.
tl;dr - Friends only, comment to be added.