From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Why I dislike LiveJournal
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:32:53 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Haggerty" <Paul.Haggerty at noaa.gov>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:08 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Why I dislike LiveJournal

> Ted White wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <elizceleste at mindspring.com>
> > To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:41 AM
> > Subject: [WSFA] Re: Why I dislike LiveJournal
> >
> > > Ted White wrote:
> > >
> > > Regarding a LJ Index:
> > >
> > > >And the need for this is -- ?
> > >
> > > For an index? There really isn't one.
> > >
> > > The need to keep one's hobbies and professional life seperate on such
an
> > easily googled universe? It should be quite obvious.
> >
> > =======
> >
> > My query had nothing to do with the need, or lack thereof, for "a LJ
> > index," but was a direct response to the comment it followed: "While I
> > don't mind people knowing me & my LJ, my goal is to make people spend a
> > second to connect the names. Just like with any other alias."
> >
> > So I repeat:  why *should* people "spend a second to connect the names.
> > Just like with any other alias."?   Most aliases are used by criminals
or
> > people trying to hide their identity for dishonest reasons.
> >
> > --Ted White
>
> Because people can be idiotic, irrational, and prejudiced.  Elizabeth
> states she likes to keep her professional and fannish activities
> separate because she worries about future employers being idiots.
> Yes, if they really dig they can make the connection, but why make
> it easy when it's none of their damn business?
>
> That's not being dishonest, that's just wanting a little control over
> what information about you is being spread.

Understood.  But, duh, LiveJournal is on the wide-open internet, and can be
accessed by search engines.   So why post stuff so widely that you don't
want people to know in the first place?   (Posting it *here* would be far
safer.)

--Ted White