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Topic: Not art, just a note to my friends in this forum.
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future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 01:00 AM
 
I've removed all my poems from here, but I wanted to let you all know that it has nothing to do with anyone at LL.Due to increased personal exposure in real life, I've found it necessary to put up walls in places that I'd rather not. When I came to this site in 2004 I had no one to hide from. I'm a pretty private person and I felt safe posting here, even though it's public and on the www... there was simply no reason for anyone to find me here. I'm not in any danger or anything like that, I just don't want my "inside" things getting "out" to people who don't need that kind of information. In any case, should anyone want to see something that has been deleted, just let me know and I'll be happy to email it, or post it for a limited time. You've all been great, and I plan to continue posting, but from here out, I'll be employing the 26T method when sharing my work.  Thanks, friends!
 Edit: And just to be clear (with all the weirdness going on lately in other forums) I completely support and respect 26T's said method. Just so there's no question.  IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
Knowflake Posts: 2120
From: ann arbor mi
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted April 02, 2009 09:01 AM
i totally understand!IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 09:53 AM
It feels really sucky to me. I kind of prefer to live under a rock and come out when and where I feel like it. Hubby on the other hand is much more public than I am... over the years my nice little rock has turned into something more like a pebble. It's not my favorite thing. I realize this didn't require it's own special thread, but, A) I like explanations, and B) it really just made me sad. Thanks sunshine-lion.  IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
Knowflake Posts: 2120
From: ann arbor mi
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted April 02, 2009 11:35 AM
well, someone in my real life had checked out my postings and it caused me a bit of greif. we post here because we want the anonmity and freedom to express ourselves that we dont normally do in real life, so i felt very violated in a wierd way and took a lot of pictures down, postings, etc. i felt like something precious was taken from me, when they said stuff like, you don't even know these people (i feel like i know some of them well) and other things. it kinda hurt my heart at the time and actually took away some of waht this is to me, a safe place to talk to caring people in an anonymous way about lifes little picadillies. it felt like i lost a friend. i actually cried because i felt spyed on and betrayed in a way. i still post but am careful not to bring up too personal of subject matter anymore.IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 02:09 PM
Precisely. I'm sorry that happened to you. I can feel my circumstances becoming such that it will inevitably happen to me to. I'm trying to take all the precautions I can. I get that we aren't really anonymous here, but I think most of us can relate to the idea that very few people in the real world would have any reason to come to this website at all. Which seems funny, because here we all are, yet I don't think I can name a single friend who might understand what we have at LL. I really am sorry that happened to you. I can totally understand the feelings of grief and betrayal.  IP: Logged |
sunshine_lion
Knowflake Posts: 2120
From: ann arbor mi
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted April 02, 2009 03:23 PM
the funny thing is it is our family members or loved ones probolby just being nosy. it isnt like anyone else in the world would say, oh, future uncertain, that is my sister and here she told all of our names and our family business to a million strangers on the internet. if they didn't see our usernames, how would they ever know who the hell we are? hopefully it wont happen, but i understand the precautions. btw- it was my eldest daughter. she went way way back and dug up a thread i had actually wrote while mad at her like a year ago. lots of time on her hands with a full time job and full time college. she went back like a year and just slammed me hard about this whole thing, talking to strangers about her, how dare i. she has no clue it probobly stopped me from just stomping her selfish little butt at the time.IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 03:32 PM
 So true!This place has saved me and my nearest and dearest many times, too.  IP: Logged |
26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 16301
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 07:03 PM
Future, all I can say is I completely understand. also: "the 26T method"....gave me a smile.  Glad you will continue to share with us in ways in which are comfortable and appropriate for you. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 02, 2009 08:05 PM
Thanks, 26!I'm glad it made you smile.
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MysticMelody
Moderator Posts: 5256
From:
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 03, 2009 11:38 AM
I deleted my words from one post I made half a year ago or so for a similar reason. Just too many connections. I wouldn't care if the person I mentioned read it (it wasn't bad at all) but it is not fair to them if their friends find it. Like if I said, "My friend Suzy and I went out to the bar and drank too much Saturday night." and Suzy read it, so what, but if Suzy's mom read it and Suzy's mom thinks Suzy is an angel that would never get drunk at a bar... So, I always tried to keep my social networks separate. But some people keep them all connected and make connections for you even if you don't mean it to happen.
So, I get it. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3238
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 03, 2009 05:09 PM
Yup. Makes perfect sense.
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