LJ Idol: Week 10
This is a topic that I have heard many LJ users comment on frequently. I do not post often, have never really needed to do a friends cut, and am not friends with that many people that I am not friends with in real life. The way I see it, if the topic is something I want to post in my LJ then I can post it there, with the same restrictions I would have in real life. There is a reason that there are the different modes on LJ; Private for things that I would vent into my pillow, or write in a journal, there is Friends only for things that I would mention while in a group of all these people, there are filters for only certain friends ( I couldn’t say this around, blah, or blah, or I could only tell this to my closest friends), and there are public, things you would stand in the middle of a park and yell to the world, or say in a crowded street or mall, things you don’t mind if just anyone hears.

I feel it is the duty of the friends on the list to say what they want to hear, and what they don’t. If you were talking to a group of friends, and one of them really was offended by or angered by a certain conversation, would you talk about that in front of them, or would you wait until some time they were not around. If your friends have a problem hearing what you are talking about chances are they will tell you, and you can take them off that filter. I see no reason to restrict your personal expression at all, just restrict who can read what it is you have written. Remember it is your LJ put in it what you want. If other people are bothered by what you write, then do not have it available for them to read.