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Isn't it ironic that one motivating reason to start a journal is to spill your thoughts, anonymously, to the world to seek comfort, and now, for this reason, the best among us cannot do this? It's almost like they need journals for their journals... i.e. a place to go to escape the woes in journal land.



Is it irony or is it a natural consequence? Are people in general so driven to be disruptive, hurtful, or inconsiderate that it's inevitable that when something of this personal nature gets enough participants, it cracks and falls apart? I know each case is different and complex, but I'm just generalizing here.



It seems like an interesting paradox, you need journal readers to motivate you to make the effort to post, but too many readers and the probability of negative comments, etc. increases.



I haven't experienced this, because my journal is compelling and normal, a simulacrum of my life, if you will!



I don't know the answer to this problem.



Mult Iubire,

Melita

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LifesHermit
07:48 Jun 30 2009

I believe it comes down to 'who' you are writing the journal for... Yourself... or others...?



When writing for yourself, the act alone is a release... Comments are at best optional, and at worse, ignored...



It is my experience that most journal writers write for others - in which case the dynamics that occur with negative commentary are almost a catalyst - dare I say in some cases desirable - to the continuation of the journal... Remember that negative attention is attention none-the-less...

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