Friends-only posts?

[chuckro]

So tell me, what is the purpose of friends-only posts? I mean, I get that some people put their fun links and quiz results as public and actual news as friends-only, but do you really think there are many people who aren't your friends trolling your livejournal? Is it just because they wouldn't care about the news, or that you want to keep it hidden for some reason?

Frankly, if I've got something "private" to write, I think it'd get saved to my hard drive, not my online journal. And if I wanted my friends to read it, I could email it to my friends.

Comments

[tigermelp.livejournal.com]

I think the Flock option is there for your safety. You want to bitch about work but not get in trouble when a vicious coworker "accidentally" finds it? Want to blog about having dirty sex for money with Washington powerbrokers but not end up like The Washingtonienne? Wait, why wouldn't you want to end up like The Washingtonienne? She got a book deal!

Anyway, it serves its purposes. And all kinds of people troll these things...when you post, your journal goes on the "recently posted" list...and if someone happens to click through the "see the most recent posts," your sensitive information could be everywhere. :)

[xannoside.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that everything on the Net that isn't behind some kind of restricted access can be googled or "bot"-ed. I didn't think there was much point to "friends-only" until I started getting friended by random people who were definitely not friends of mine. Also, what if everyone on your email contacts list decided to send updated daily emails to everyone else? You'd have dozens of emails a day, if not more, just about the days that people have had. It's a question of convenience.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I see it as duo-fold:
1 - Yes, random people do troll. And believe me, if you make a political post, you'll definitely hear from randos.
2 - "Time heals all wounds, but a google search is forever." - Michael McKeane in Smallville, "Perry"

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Actually, getting a dozen emails a day about the days people have had might be kinda cool. But I like news and updates on people's lives.

Random people posting on my livejournal might be a little odd, but then, I can remove anything that offends me, and it's often interesting to get new and different perspectives. Well, whatever. We'll see what happens. And I suppose I can "Friend" anything that's terribly private.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Well, now my post about D20 rules for turning women into lesbians is everywhere. I wonder if that counts as "sensitive."