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01 May 2009 @ 02:45 pm
* the post where i say that i'm going friends only  
I just got a Google Alert which linked to my own journal. It was weird. See, in my last post, my music was Secondary Characters from [title of show], and I get alerts for [tos], and...apparently Google picked up on my music choice? Weird. Weird weird weird. See, it's realizing stuff like this that makes me want to lock all my posts...'cause I admit I feel kind of strange knowing that random people are going to be linked to my journal, solely because of the song I'm listening to. I mean, yeah, it's the internet, it's public, whatever...but it's weird. Okay.

The point: I'm locking my posts from now on. So if you've got me friended and I haven't friended you back, drop me a comment somewhere. Really you guys, I don't bite. I just feel strange automatically friending someone just because they friended me - I mean, for all I know, you don't want me to friend you back? I don't know. Juuuust comment and say you want to be friends, that's all you gotta do :)

Everybody else - this doesn't affect you. Yay :D

I guess picspams will still be unlocked though. I don't know. I'll work something out.

At least now I have a place to use my new friends-only banner :D
 
 
Mood: weird
 
 
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sorry i look like a pirate.: w → peek-a-boo[info]jillkins on May 1st, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)
I remember getting a Googlert that linked to one of my posts and it totally weirded me out. Post locking is an A+ idea. And as for picspams... maybe you could leave them open for a week/a month/however long and then go back and lock them?

And hee, fo banner! ♥
Dayna: tww; cj; goldfish[info]daynawashere on May 1st, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I considered doing that with the picspams, but I don't want people to feel like they have to friend me in order to see them - and I know I personally like to bookmark picspams and look at them later. I don't know, I'll probably just leave them unlocked *shrug*

FO banner indeed! lol, I spent forever last night cutting that picture out - I was originally imagining it as a header, but it doesn't match my layout, so I'm happy to have a use for it, lol.
S.: s&tc / miranda&steve / through the strug[info]morninghush on May 1st, 2009 08:56 pm (UTC)
No, that would freak me out massively too. I got an email today from some random thing and it knew so much about me, and I was like NO, this is just too freaky.
Dayna: vm; veronica; in the shadows[info]daynawashere on May 1st, 2009 11:02 pm (UTC)
That's so scary! :(
limpy_pinky[info]limpy_pinky on May 1st, 2009 11:09 pm (UTC)
The internet can be a really creepy and scary thing at times. It makes complete sense to lock your posts, I woul have done the exact same thing.
Dayna: misc; white flowers blue sky[info]daynawashere on May 1st, 2009 11:16 pm (UTC)
Yeah it was weird. I had never really been worried by the internet before - I mean, I didn't have a problem with my entries being public because I figured nobody would ever really see them - so this was really just a reality check for me xD
Demy[info]whatdemydid on May 4th, 2009 12:09 am (UTC)
The web world is kinda creepy lately...
Dayna: lost; sawyer/kate; waterfall[info]daynawashere on May 5th, 2009 03:50 am (UTC)
It has indeed. Though I'm thinking maybe it's always been creepy and I've just never noticed xD