still feeling around here

[eruthros]

I just realized that I've got some old flocked-not-filtered posts with my name and other personal information in them, so I'm going to take most folks off the grants-access list until I finish going through my imported lj entries and deleting/unflocking as appropriate. (I'm already in mid-2003! Or, to put it another way, I'm only in mid-2003!)

And after that, I dunno. I'm still trying to think through how I plan to use dreamwidth, and what it means to the grants-access front. I understand "subscribing," and I know what I want to subscribe to. But grants-access -- well, I'm not planning to flock anything, really. So, what does it mean to grant access to something that isn't there? And why should I be deciding who I would, theoretically, let read about my work day, if I were to write about said work day, when I plan to do no such thing? So I'm not sure what grants-access means to me.

I'd appreciate thoughts on this, btw, because I'm trying to figure out how to use grants-access, and what it means to other people to be granted access.

ETA: for full disclosure and all, I do filter. Usually either away from someone (see: birthdays) or to someone in particular (see: cooperative projects, reminders, etc).

Comments

[trobadora]

I've been giving the access thing some thought, too. Hell, I never needed a friending policy on LJ, but methinks I won't get around formulating one here! *g* Anyway, the way I'm inclined to think about it is a mutual relationship of trust - and even if you don't actually flock anything, granting access is a gesture of trust. So I think I'll probably eventually remove access for everyone who's not reciprocally granting it.

But I'm still thinking about it.

[eruthros]

Hmm, that sounds like a good way to conceptualize it -- since I don't yet know what, if anything, I'd be posting that requires locking, I'd be making a list based on trusting people generally. Hmmm.

*uses flocking icon*

[isis]

After thinking about it, I decided to grant access to every subscriber, whether or not they grant access, for purposes of being able to flock things away from the general public. (For example, music posts.) But I use filters regularly for the personal stuff I want to lock to people who I trust with, e.g., my real name.