> An increasing number of Rinkies seem to have online journals, such as LiveJournal or similar. I'm not the sort of person who would ever do this, so I'm curious about what people personally feel they get from it.

After saying I would never do the whole LiveJournal thing, I did it. What do I personally gain from it? To be truthful, I satisfy some of my curiosity. I finally gave in when I heard that there were secret journal entries only LiveJournal people could read. And I think most of you know how incredibly curious I am.

> One of the most fundamental features of writing a diary has always been that it's private: it's a place you write the things you would never say, even to your most intimate friends. And now here goes the whole world transferring this concept into a format which effectively pastes those things onto a huge global billboard.

That's why I don't write anything in that LiveJournal of mine that could do damage. As it is, a Google search for "Ellmyruh" turns up 1,080 hits, all of which are me. And a search for my rather unique real name yields 54 hits, which are also me. Basically, my name is out there on the Internet, and that's not going to change. If people want to dig up information on me, they will.

But to get back to the topic, I don't use LiveJournal as a diary. I mainly use it to be nosy and keep up with the lives of the people I call friends. I've lost touch with enough friends in my life, so I don't want that to happen more than is necessary.

Ell"Will die of curiosity one day"myruh