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I've been thinking in the last couple of months, about how livejournal - and probably on-line in general - is something of a one-way mirror.
If I have a substantial on-line presence, particularly if I talk about My Life at all, then people are aware of what I'm doing, how things are going and so on. However, if they don't communicate back then the reverse simply isn't true. I've been surprised on a couple of occasions recently when someone was talking to me and it suddenly became clear that because they still knew a fair amount about me, they seemed to think I must be up-to-date with them and their life. I wasn't and it gave me a very odd feeling.
If I have a substantial on-line presence, particularly if I talk about My Life at all, then people are aware of what I'm doing, how things are going and so on. However, if they don't communicate back then the reverse simply isn't true. I've been surprised on a couple of occasions recently when someone was talking to me and it suddenly became clear that because they still knew a fair amount about me, they seemed to think I must be up-to-date with them and their life. I wasn't and it gave me a very odd feeling.
