But at the same time, its funny how much personal information we do put out there unintentionally. I'm sure there are plenty of people on LJ who, if they wanted to donate enough time and attention to finding me, could actually do it.
Also, the LJ identity is, um, identifiable to an extent. RL you may be anonymous, but the LJ identity isn't necessarily so. If you act like an ass under that LJ name on a consistent basis, you do get a rep. The only way to start over is to start fresh under a new LJ identity and completely divorce yourself from your old one. That takes a lot of work. And you can't slip up and give away part of your RL that looks like the parts you talked about under your old identity. That can get tricky.
But total anonymity where there's allegedly no IP blogging (and by the way, how do you know that's true?) really gives some people license to be jerks.
I'm not talking about the stupid stuff, like fannish opinion. I'm not even talking about gossiping about the actors or even making sweeping statements about whole groups of fans that are rediculous on its face.
I'm talking about singling someone out for public approbation. That's a real problem.
And again, I want to stress: a public anon hate meme is different than getting something off your chest in a FLock. I've done it, a lot of people have done it. Sometimes you see behavior that's so flabbergasting that you do need to talk about it with people on your FList you can trust. But at the same time, your name is on it, so if it comes back to haunt you, you do have to own it to a degree.
But, yeah, the pschology is interesting to watch as it evolves.
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But at the same time, its funny how much personal information we do put out there unintentionally. I'm sure there are plenty of people on LJ who, if they wanted to donate enough time and attention to finding me, could actually do it.
Also, the LJ identity is, um, identifiable to an extent. RL you may be anonymous, but the LJ identity isn't necessarily so. If you act like an ass under that LJ name on a consistent basis, you do get a rep. The only way to start over is to start fresh under a new LJ identity and completely divorce yourself from your old one. That takes a lot of work. And you can't slip up and give away part of your RL that looks like the parts you talked about under your old identity. That can get tricky.
But total anonymity where there's allegedly no IP blogging (and by the way, how do you know that's true?) really gives some people license to be jerks.
I'm not talking about the stupid stuff, like fannish opinion. I'm not even talking about gossiping about the actors or even making sweeping statements about whole groups of fans that are rediculous on its face.
I'm talking about singling someone out for public approbation. That's a real problem.
And again, I want to stress: a public anon hate meme is different than getting something off your chest in a FLock. I've done it, a lot of people have done it. Sometimes you see behavior that's so flabbergasting that you do need to talk about it with people on your FList you can trust. But at the same time, your name is on it, so if it comes back to haunt you, you do have to own it to a degree.
But, yeah, the pschology is interesting to watch as it evolves.