alexandral, I have never met you, yet you also feel very "real" to me. I talk about you to Nicola ("Oh, alexandral wrote something so nice today!"), and it doesn't matter to me that we've never met. I feel that way about several of the people on my friends list who as Koala says, I've interacted with, and I feel like we've shared things that are important to us.
There is some quality of sincerity about LJ.
I agree with this, at least with the people I seemed to have gathered around me. I've been more cautious that some in that I normally only add people that I really, really have an interest in (with a few exceptions), and many of my friends list happen to be Real Life friends already. So I guess I've preselected my group for Cool People, and I do feel that sincerity, and also genuine warmth and kindness.
I would love to meet you, and if I come back to England (which I do hope to do), it would be lovely to put a face to the name and writings. :)
Your feelings about bitching in LJ are similar to my feelings about ranting - by this I mean just the mindless outrage that some use their entries for - to complain about someone or something that is rather harmless. That's not to say that we should only say pleasant things, but sometimes the unrelenting negativity I see occasionally when I surf others friends lists is rather depressing. I do try to stick to the philosophy "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" - at least when it comes to talking about other people, or things that aren't hurting anyone at all.
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There is some quality of sincerity about LJ.
I agree with this, at least with the people I seemed to have gathered around me. I've been more cautious that some in that I normally only add people that I really, really have an interest in (with a few exceptions), and many of my friends list happen to be Real Life friends already. So I guess I've preselected my group for Cool People, and I do feel that sincerity, and also genuine warmth and kindness.
I would love to meet you, and if I come back to England (which I do hope to do), it would be lovely to put a face to the name and writings. :)
Your feelings about bitching in LJ are similar to my feelings about ranting - by this I mean just the mindless outrage that some use their entries for - to complain about someone or something that is rather harmless. That's not to say that we should only say pleasant things, but sometimes the unrelenting negativity I see occasionally when I surf others friends lists is rather depressing. I do try to stick to the philosophy "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" - at least when it comes to talking about other people, or things that aren't hurting anyone at all.