> I really don't understand this. On the one hand, it seems incredibly vain to assume that a log of my daily thoughts, trivial activities (what CD I'm listening to, even!) and general mood would be of interest to anybody else. Let alone people who don't even know who I *am*.

That is one of the reasons I haven't gotten an online journal, and why I still won't (sorry, Sosi). Another reason is that, if the reason is for keeping in touch with all your friends, it just seems like a mass-produced, impersonal conversation to me. I would rather talk directly to anyone I wanted to know about or tell about things in our lives. It may take longer, but to me, this shouldn't be something we take shortcuts on. I also find it... well, not offensive, but something not so strong as that, which I can't think of a word for right now, that other people would expect me to read their journals to know what is happening with them rather than their telling me directly.

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