How private is your LJ?

[dreamer_easy]

Do you consider your LJ to be your private space, or a public arena, or somewhere between the two? I think of mine as very public, and flock anything I don't want to share with the universe, but I often bump up against people who consider their LJs to be much more of a personal space, and don't want the likes of me friending them, disagreeing with them, etc. I think that attitude is understandable and try to respect it; but it's not always obvious that this is someone's attitude, and suddenly I'm right where they don't want me, ie, in their face. who_daily has caused a bit of trouble now and again by linking to folks who didn't expect the whole of fandom to suddenly turn up in their journal, and who weren't actually looking for a debate, thank you very much. So tell me: how public do you consider your LJ to be?

Comments

[crossoverman.livejournal.com]

If I don't flock it, then the world is free to see it. And if it gets linked from another journal, all the better - if it's unlocked then I want people to read it. That's why I blog, right? For other people to read?

And if I don't want it publicly accessible, I flock. And if I don't want everyone on my flist to read it, I filter.

Very occasionally, a public post will become a private post if it attracts the wrong kind of attention but that's very rare. But I never complain if new people find my stuff.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Right. Ditto.