So Shannon has
his Live Journal and so does Kimberly. And I have my journal. And
perhaps one or two other of my other friends have web logs. For the
most part though I avoid reading my friends' journals. The problem is
that deep down inside each person has things that I don't like and vice
versa. It's part of being an individual.
Journals become places where people can let off steam and say some
really private and honest things. Even I do it and I'm pretty
repressed. And the thing is, absolute honesty ruins relationships. I
write a lot of things that I mean at that point in time but the next
day I don't feel the same way. I'm sure other people do too. Once you
have it written down and published, those thoughts and feelings are
there forever (or as long as the site is up).
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To me my
journal is a way for me to record my thoughts and feelings so that
twenty or forty years down the lines I can reread these words and
recollect what I was like at that time. It's also a way to organize my
thoughts and to let out some steam and whatnot. Other people are
probably the same, but when I read a web log it's depressing.
There are few people who are happy all the time. There are few people
who can censor themselves even in a private journal. And that means
that web logs have some really depressing and objectionable bits to
them. Sure, it's great to peek into a person's innermost thoughts. But
after a while, I'd rather have the public, filtered view that I get
from people, not the private inner view.
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