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

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

If it's publically accessible, then ... it's public. If someone doesn't want to share something that is on their LJ, they can lock it down so it's not accessible. Otherwise, it's fair game. Getting upset if someone unexpected reads a public entry is like getting upset over someone eavesdropping on a phone conversation being held on a sidewalk.

Besides, I think a number of people like to express false outrage that their "private thoughts" have been "publically exposed." Get real- if a person is that damned worried about their pristine privacy, then they would be either writing in a notebook at home, or just not even writing their thoughts down all.

Dang I'm grouchy at 2 a.m.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Mind you, if you were having a phone conversation on a sidewalk and some random person suddenly joined in, you might well be a bit put out. :)

[off_coloratura]

It's a bit different than that. More like if you were pontificating at large on a street corner and someone stopped to listen.