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flwydI consider LiveJournal to be, in large part, an exercise in Open Source Living. It saddens me to see people turn their whole journal "friends only," because it restricts how far their insights can travel. I'm not arguing against privacy (although I've yet to make a protected post). Clearly there are times when you don't want to share your thoughts with the world; perhaps you want to complain bitterly about someone before diplomatically airing your concerns with them. But if you're forever silent to the world, nobody can learn from your successes, failures, insights, and one-liners. Which is why I like the following meme, which came to me through ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uproar. She writes "I think we all hide behind barriers and still don't manage to ever expose any real part of ourselves to anyone. So use the fucking barrier, and expose something real for once."
Post anything that you want, and post it anonymously.
Anything. A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love - anything.
Be sure to post anonymously and honestly. Post twice if you'd like. Then, put this in your LJ to see what your friends (and perhaps others who you don't even realize read your LJ) have to say.
I even promise not to nslookup your IP address (which my Journal is set to log).
uproar. She writes "I think we all hide behind barriers and still don't manage to ever expose any real part of ourselves to anyone. So use the fucking barrier, and expose something real for once."Post anything that you want, and post it anonymously.
Anything. A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love - anything.
Be sure to post anonymously and honestly. Post twice if you'd like. Then, put this in your LJ to see what your friends (and perhaps others who you don't even realize read your LJ) have to say.
I even promise not to nslookup your IP address (which my Journal is set to log).
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Date: 2003-11-19 10:56 pm (UTC)I have made only 1 protected post ever... and for the most part I aspire to lead the kind of life I can share with all.
But as for non-anonymous confessions of the parts of ourselves that we are ashamed of... now that's a different story. Scary, if you ask me. I wish I had it in me to post my darkest fears and acts here where they could be traced back to me. I guess I count on the Universe and Karma taking care of it for me, since I'm a wuss.