response 101 of 160:

Jan 11 14:09 UTC 2004

No, it is not impersonal. I feel like I trust most people here. And to 
be honest, the few people I dont trust I dont care about. I do feel a 
sense of community too. I have a lot of friends I trust and feel 
connected to too. But I dont always share my deepest most innermost 
thoughts with them. I reserve those for my closest friends or my 
handwritten diary. 

Oddly, I really believe that using a medium like this as a sort of 
therapy could be useful. I know that I find writing about my problems 
to be particularly cathartic. It is just that doesnt fit with the idea 
of open access. If you are going to let *anyone* come in, 
well...*anyone* can come in. jep's divorce items were obviously very 
useful to him. They were useful to me too in ways I am not going to 
share in an open forum. However, he said things that could hurt him if 
certain people ever became aware of them. It was not only possible that 
those people would read the items, it was likely.