I got a Livejournal at the request of one Heather Allen. I'm not doing anything with it, but it made me think about how everyone is putting themselves out there. I don't know about the entirety of a person, but the idea that someone you just met and "friend requested" a la Facebook, can see your past and the person you present yourself as. After a minutes consideration, I realized that I do NOT want my first impression of a person through their electronic representation. I want to know them from my face-to-face interactions.
I think we as a society are losing something. The more we have access to, the less we know/understand about ourselves. Book by its cover and all that jazz.
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