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3.5 and LJ etiquette
Jul. 29th, 2003 09:29 amSomething I've sort-of been over before, but a recent comment in somebody else's journal brought this up again: LJ is not the same as email.
My two cents' worth: if I email something, I'm putting words in their ear (or eye) whether they want it or not. If they *don't* want to receive that communication, they have to go out of their way to avoid it.
OTOH, if you're reading somebody's LJ, you have sought it out. Especially if the post in question is friends-locked and LJ-cut with an appropriate content warning. Clicking on that LJ-cut is rather like going to the video store, seeing a video with a big 'R' and content warnings on the cover, and deciding to rent it anyway.
This is my blog. If you want to read it, you are very welcome to do so, but it is my blog and here for my benefit. I'll do my best to give you fair warning of posts that I think you might not want to read - usually via lj-cut. But beyond that, I am not inclined to self-censor for the sake of the any of the fifty-five real people, four fictional people, and one collective of plants who apparently read my LJ. The "will this be unpleasant for some people to read?" test does not take place when I post, it takes place when you decide to read.
This doesn't mean 'the blogger is always right'. If I say something that's misinformed, unfair, or outright wrong, or if I'm simply being an asshole, go ahead and tell me so. But I won't apologise for exposing you to my venting. This is, among other things, my Venting Place, and you knew that when you came in.
And for a Shiny Change of Topic... we bought D&D 3.5 last week.
( Thoughts thereon/Or Maybe They're Full Of Helium. )
My two cents' worth: if I email something, I'm putting words in their ear (or eye) whether they want it or not. If they *don't* want to receive that communication, they have to go out of their way to avoid it.
OTOH, if you're reading somebody's LJ, you have sought it out. Especially if the post in question is friends-locked and LJ-cut with an appropriate content warning. Clicking on that LJ-cut is rather like going to the video store, seeing a video with a big 'R' and content warnings on the cover, and deciding to rent it anyway.
This is my blog. If you want to read it, you are very welcome to do so, but it is my blog and here for my benefit. I'll do my best to give you fair warning of posts that I think you might not want to read - usually via lj-cut. But beyond that, I am not inclined to self-censor for the sake of the any of the fifty-five real people, four fictional people, and one collective of plants who apparently read my LJ. The "will this be unpleasant for some people to read?" test does not take place when I post, it takes place when you decide to read.
This doesn't mean 'the blogger is always right'. If I say something that's misinformed, unfair, or outright wrong, or if I'm simply being an asshole, go ahead and tell me so. But I won't apologise for exposing you to my venting. This is, among other things, my Venting Place, and you knew that when you came in.
And for a Shiny Change of Topic... we bought D&D 3.5 last week.
( Thoughts thereon/Or Maybe They're Full Of Helium. )
