Blogging, privacy and dreamwidth
May. 9th, 2018 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackjandersonI love finding new blogs to read. I'm a fan of the 'random community' and 'random journal' buttons here on Dreamwidth. I think the ability to find others with similar interests is such a fun tool.
But on top of this, I'm intrigued by the reactions of people when someone new happens to stumble across their journal. When I comment on a random post that I've found in such a way, I will always to try to preface it with 'I found your journal through...' so they know where I've come from but I don't always remember.
Some people welcome new readers with open arms, engage in conversation, comment back and forth and we end up adding each other to our 'circle'. No lie, this is my favourite kind of interaction.
Some people are initially suspicious, reply with caution but once I've said hi and how I found their journal are ok. Sometimes this continues on with an add, sometimes it's a one-off interaction. And that's perfectly fine.
Some people though baffle me. They get confrontational and defensive, demanding to know who you are, how you found their blog, why you're reading and why you're commenting.
I thought the whole point of social media, of online blogging was to interact with people? It's the same with people who write their posts as friends only - why post online if you don't want people to read what you're writing? Just keep a pen and paper diary and be done with it.
But on top of this, I'm intrigued by the reactions of people when someone new happens to stumble across their journal. When I comment on a random post that I've found in such a way, I will always to try to preface it with 'I found your journal through...' so they know where I've come from but I don't always remember.
Some people welcome new readers with open arms, engage in conversation, comment back and forth and we end up adding each other to our 'circle'. No lie, this is my favourite kind of interaction.
Some people are initially suspicious, reply with caution but once I've said hi and how I found their journal are ok. Sometimes this continues on with an add, sometimes it's a one-off interaction. And that's perfectly fine.
Some people though baffle me. They get confrontational and defensive, demanding to know who you are, how you found their blog, why you're reading and why you're commenting.
I thought the whole point of social media, of online blogging was to interact with people? It's the same with people who write their posts as friends only - why post online if you don't want people to read what you're writing? Just keep a pen and paper diary and be done with it.
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Date: 2018-06-03 07:53 pm (UTC)I do like the idea of reading random journals and making connections. I usually do that through the friending meme's. I do appreciate someone introducing themselves and saying how they "found" me when they post for the first time in my journal however.
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Date: 2018-12-12 12:09 am (UTC)Did mean 'private only'? 'Friends only' means their friends can read it, but not the whole world.
'Private' could still make sense if one liked the software: tagging (yes) or searching (meh, here).