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Sep. 5th, 2002 11:59 amGosh, many things bubbling & fizzing in what I laughingly call my brain…
I just bothered to sit down & read the last week of nonsense on the Uk-General (for those of you who don’t know, it’s a forum for bitching & spite masquerading as a general news list hosted by a Gaming society I’m a member of), and some things struck me.
1) Whenever anyone says, “Let’s have some common sense!” or similar comment, what they’re actually saying is: “Everyone agree with me or you’re wrong!”
2) Those people arguing against the idea of the contents of the Livejournals being made more accessible to the general public are missing the point of the Internet – that is…it’s already in the public domain!
As an example, I recently posted up a short story (“Asasabulum”, scroll down if you haven’t read it, it’s on here somewhere) to my LJ. What this has done is ensure that no publisher will ever buy that story from me. Why? Because I’ve put it into the public domain. Anyone can surf right in a read it, and so I’ve negated any resale worth that tale may have had. Fortunately I’m comfortable enough that I don’t have to worry about selling the stuff I write and can write for a hobby, but you see my point, I hope.
In the same way, the reality of LJ (unless you go friends only) is that it’s in the public domain. People claiming that their LJ is ‘private space’ just for them and their friends are talking nonsense, both in terms of logistics (see the random button? That means that anyone can read your words – I pick up readers that way) and accessibility. I post here because I want as wide an audience as possible to read my stuff. If you don’t want a wide audience to read your stuff, why are you posting to a public access channel? I don’t understand? Why not just post to your friends, or set up your own list? Why use something that is so public and then try and hide behind mealy-mouthed justifications?
Frankly, if someone wants to say something, I’d respect them a lot more if they had the courage of their convictions just to acknowledge there may be consequences, rather than just squealing like a frightened pig when anyone suggests the possibility.
3) The primary defence of people trying to stop the Cam looking at their posts, when cut down to the bone, seems to be “So I can act like a petulant 12-year-old and you can’t stop me, ner-ne-ner-ne-ner-ner.” Well, that’s true, they can. But why would anyone want to use that as a defence?
Once again, humanity has left me feeling rather confused, cold, and lonely.
I just bothered to sit down & read the last week of nonsense on the Uk-General (for those of you who don’t know, it’s a forum for bitching & spite masquerading as a general news list hosted by a Gaming society I’m a member of), and some things struck me.
1) Whenever anyone says, “Let’s have some common sense!” or similar comment, what they’re actually saying is: “Everyone agree with me or you’re wrong!”
2) Those people arguing against the idea of the contents of the Livejournals being made more accessible to the general public are missing the point of the Internet – that is…it’s already in the public domain!
As an example, I recently posted up a short story (“Asasabulum”, scroll down if you haven’t read it, it’s on here somewhere) to my LJ. What this has done is ensure that no publisher will ever buy that story from me. Why? Because I’ve put it into the public domain. Anyone can surf right in a read it, and so I’ve negated any resale worth that tale may have had. Fortunately I’m comfortable enough that I don’t have to worry about selling the stuff I write and can write for a hobby, but you see my point, I hope.
In the same way, the reality of LJ (unless you go friends only) is that it’s in the public domain. People claiming that their LJ is ‘private space’ just for them and their friends are talking nonsense, both in terms of logistics (see the random button? That means that anyone can read your words – I pick up readers that way) and accessibility. I post here because I want as wide an audience as possible to read my stuff. If you don’t want a wide audience to read your stuff, why are you posting to a public access channel? I don’t understand? Why not just post to your friends, or set up your own list? Why use something that is so public and then try and hide behind mealy-mouthed justifications?
Frankly, if someone wants to say something, I’d respect them a lot more if they had the courage of their convictions just to acknowledge there may be consequences, rather than just squealing like a frightened pig when anyone suggests the possibility.
3) The primary defence of people trying to stop the Cam looking at their posts, when cut down to the bone, seems to be “So I can act like a petulant 12-year-old and you can’t stop me, ner-ne-ner-ne-ner-ner.” Well, that’s true, they can. But why would anyone want to use that as a defence?
Once again, humanity has left me feeling rather confused, cold, and lonely.
