Sigh

[alex_beecroft]

Am I going off the Age of Sail altogether?  Or is it just 'Secrets' which isn't very interesting?  I can't really tell.  Trying to write a big battle between a bomb ketch which has already used up all its bombs, and a xebec, while escalating some sexual tension between her Captain and Lieutenant shouldn't be this difficult, surely?  I just don't seem to have had any enthusiasm for it since I got back from the holidays, and I'm fully convinced that it shows in the writing.

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[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

I'd quite like to read the post that started it all, if you could point me in that direction :) I promise not to comment or to otherwise get involved, it's just that my curiosity is aroused now!

But I agree that many of the problems of LJ come from the fact that you naturally think that you're speaking to your friends when you post something, and yet, unless you've friends locked the post, anyone can see it. You rely on your anonymity and the fact that there are hundreds of LJs out there, with no good reason for a stranger to come along and suddenly read yours - and you get to think that as a result it's a private sort of place. But it isn't.

If you wanted to be really careful, you could friends lock anything remotely controversial - but that would frustrate the other purpose of LJ, which is to meet like minded people. You're never going to make new friends if all your posts are friends locked.

So it does depend on the individual LJ user to ask themselves 'does this look like a public post, or does it look like a private rant?' and to behave appropriately. Which is easier said than done, of course! :)

On that level I suppose I can understand and sympathize with the people who thought the post was a public attack on Molly, and were giving her the opportunity to reply.

How complicated this socializing thing is! No wonder I'm an introvert :)