Live journal
hi there. I thought I'd write a post on here, questioning the existence of live journal really. this may get a bit philosophical. see, I thought it was here so that people could write anecdotes of things that have happened to them recently/ that day (depending how often they go on here, in my case, not very!), good or bad, that may be of entertainment to those on their friends list.
what I am actually seeing is friendships and relationships being ruined (and I'm not exaggerating) as people use it to write ill thought out angst without considering the consequences to those reading, and those not reading. what inevitably happens is that the 'friends' of those writing will consider this person's words as the gospel truth (I use the term loosely, not being an avid follower of the gospels myself!), and sycophantically agree with everything they say. I see examples of people agreeing that someone that they've never met is a scumbag because the person on their lj said so, so it must be true. this works especially well if said person they've never met doesn't have their own live journal, so their view is not represented, and is therefore wrong, or worse, irrelevant.
of course, these thoughts have in part been prompted by a recent unfortunate event which most of you who might be taking the time to read this (thanks!) will be aware of, but it goes beyond that.
In my very first post on here (and there haven't been that many) I mentioned that I keep a real diary with paper and a pen. If ever I have stuff that I need to get off my chest and there is no one I can talk to, I can use that to let off steam, knowing that the only person who could be upset by it is myself when I come to read it again in later life.
people seem to use this board to make judgements on situations and lives they know next to nothing about. I'd just like it to be remembered that these are real people with real lives on here, it's not just a computer.
I don't want to be seen as preachy, I don't want to be seen as critical, I just want people to think. that is all :)
in happier news, I met Green Gartside on Monday. he's one of my heroes. I don't have many heroes, we should be our own heroes really, but he's wonderful and I am still buzzing.
what I am actually seeing is friendships and relationships being ruined (and I'm not exaggerating) as people use it to write ill thought out angst without considering the consequences to those reading, and those not reading. what inevitably happens is that the 'friends' of those writing will consider this person's words as the gospel truth (I use the term loosely, not being an avid follower of the gospels myself!), and sycophantically agree with everything they say. I see examples of people agreeing that someone that they've never met is a scumbag because the person on their lj said so, so it must be true. this works especially well if said person they've never met doesn't have their own live journal, so their view is not represented, and is therefore wrong, or worse, irrelevant.
of course, these thoughts have in part been prompted by a recent unfortunate event which most of you who might be taking the time to read this (thanks!) will be aware of, but it goes beyond that.
In my very first post on here (and there haven't been that many) I mentioned that I keep a real diary with paper and a pen. If ever I have stuff that I need to get off my chest and there is no one I can talk to, I can use that to let off steam, knowing that the only person who could be upset by it is myself when I come to read it again in later life.
people seem to use this board to make judgements on situations and lives they know next to nothing about. I'd just like it to be remembered that these are real people with real lives on here, it's not just a computer.
I don't want to be seen as preachy, I don't want to be seen as critical, I just want people to think. that is all :)
in happier news, I met Green Gartside on Monday. he's one of my heroes. I don't have many heroes, we should be our own heroes really, but he's wonderful and I am still buzzing.