The poor man's (woman's?) LJ poll......

[violachic]

Do you feel your LJ accurately portrays you/your life/your personality?

Do you read other people's journals and form an image of them based soley on that, or do you keep in mind there is more to them than what's there?

Do you trust what other people write about themselves in their journals?

If you know someone in person first and then read their journal (or vice-versa), are you surprised if it seems to paint a different picture of them than you originally knew?

Do you want your journal to give a three-dimensional view of yourself, or do you like only having part of you on paper (online?)?

Do you either 1)wish people who read your journal would make an effort to reconcile you in person with your journal, or 2)wish people would make an effort to separate your online bits from your person?


Feel free to answer none, some, or all.....

Comments

[prrrn.livejournal.com]

My journal portrays parts of my life - the parts I feel like writing about when I feel like writing. Overall, it probably gives a decent picture of me but also leaves some stuff out. I'm not sure since I don't really think about making it complete.

I don't expect to know everything about my lj friends from their journals. Some people post mostly feelings. Some people summarize their days. Some write about special events. I think we can know more than we realize about each other from our journals, though.

I'm pretty trusting, so I do trust what people say most of the time. Sometimes I wish I knew more about people's lives than what they post. I think it works really well with my real-life friends, though, at giving a bigger picture of thoughts and feelings they might otherwise not tell me.

Good questions! I'll be interested in what other people think...

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Me too, thanks!