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[pez]

Ah, nothing beats a good dose of IM bitching. Right now I feel like I've done some reaaaaally nice, long stretches and all my bones and muscles are going "ahhhhh~~~~~~".

(sort of) Randomly, I still think it's strange the way some people seem to know a lot about me but they've never talked to me before. As in they'd know me as Pez rather than yuki_scorpio, they can recall the fics I've written, know my nationality, all of that. And I only know about them by their LJ names, since I've seen them around on other people's LJs and communities - and that's all. I only find out they know much about me when the topic comes up during a big chat or on someone else's journal or when their friends and I meet in RL. It somehow feels like I'm missing out on something, as if I really should try to be friends with these people - only I'm not sure if they want me to since they know that much and still never said hi to me, ever. It's on the same level of strange as being asked "hey, have you seen [someone]'s latest post? SO FUNNY." and I refresh my flist but can't see it because I've been filtered out for unknown reasons (if it's just funny, surely there's no need to keep me out of it?) BUT. It's someone else's LJ, so whatever they do is whatever they do. I'm not going to get my panties in a twist over that! It's just weird, that's all, the way the internet works. Always fills me with a sense of bewilderment.

Randomly on top of the randomly - why do people believe so much in filters/f-locks anyway? Computers are just computers, LJ accounts are just accounts. They can be hacked into. People can also have fellow LJ users or any other friends visiting, and whatever happens to be on their computer screen will be read by other people. They can actually be living with other LJ users/people you don't want to read whatever it's been posted. And then, of course, there are the wankers who pretend to be friends with you. The chance is always there. What you absolutely cannot let the Internet see probably simply have no place on LJ. Filters just aren't nearly as absolute as people may think...

Comments

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... I mostly don't filter because of bitching, though! It tends to be for stuff which is a bit over-emotional more than anything, and it doesn't really matter who sees it -- it's more that it'd probably make other people uncomfortable, or for post-volume management for some people with small flists who say I flood them otherwise. I don't think there's so very much on my LJ that'd be catastrophic if people outside flist/filters saw it. :)

Also, with stuff like hidden posts you think you should be able to see, it's always possible people just fuck up filters -- use the wrong one or forget people they meant to include. XD; It's a pretty messy system. Or, well, MINE is anyway. *sheepish*

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Ah, I mean people who religiously use filters and expect them to just hold and the rest of the world will never see what's posted! I use f-locks and filters myself, yanno. A lot of RL things are friends-locked. XD But yeah, I'm aware that there's a chance of it being seen.

As for the other point, yeah, I thought that was the case anyway, but it just made me think!