Absent Friends

[poliphilo]

I hate it when people delete their journals. It's so sudden and final. One day there's bustle and chatter; the next day the site is empty and ploughed with salt.

So, kharin andthe_red_shoes, if by any chance you're reading this, I'd like you to know that I miss you.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I obviously missed that.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

You may (or may not) be interested in kharinphotos and castrovalva.

Though it's not a diary (unless you made private entries), it seems to me that the main purpose of the journal is for its owner; onlookers may be welcome but it's not a "publication" as such. Still, I don't get the "delete it" vs "just leave it unused for a while" thing, either.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I'll go look at those two sites.

I suppose I do see LJ as being a publication of sorts (after all some journals have a readership equal to or greater than that of a small lit-mag)but obviously it's the writer's privilege to delete.

Still, I would prefer it if disused journals remained in existence.