Do You Need Something?

[elyusion]

Lately I've been mildly put off by people following me without saying anything. Like, Can I help you?

It just makes me wonder what they're here for. But I don't think I even read something to make me think this way. I wonder if I always felt like this deep down and something about the past internet being more social made me come to this naturally. I'm not going to put in my bios "don't follow me without speaking, or at least dropping a like somewhere," but it really does feel like someone walking into my house without greeting me.

Well, I can't be mad since I'm the one leaving the door open. They'd have to knock first if I was priv, but these are public accounts. I'm not mad at anyone. It just bothers me a little that I don't know what they want.

Comments

[os]

As someone who's guilty of doing this...Sometimes it's just interesting reading journals

[elyusion]

I get this urge, and to satisfy it I actually bookmark journals I'm interested in and don't follow unless they finally make a post that makes me think of something to say to them. This honestly... isn't much less creepy to some people, probably 😭😭 But what people don't know can't hurt them!

I said it "bothers" me in my entry, but even that's too strong a word... It makes it sound like I think it's annoying... It's more like my curiosity kills me.

[os]

This brings up a question, which is more creepy: bookmarking a journal or using dreamwidth's tracking function?😅

[elyusion]

I used to track a few accounts before I decided to bookmark them, because "tracking" someone who doesn't even know I exist is wild. The word "tracking" is wild. However.... that's what they get for not access-locking everything xD