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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:38:00 AM   
RealSub58


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Status: offline 		I wish you could respond to journal/blog entries instead of writing to that profiler.  Like another mini forum board.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:40:42 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SylvereApLeanan

I don't have a preference.  I like reading others' journals and I use the one on this site.  I've received some of the best contact based on my blog and it's led to making some new acquaintances.  Who knows?  They might become partners at some point.  However, I don't post the most intimate details of my thoughts or my life on the journal attached to my profile.  There are some things I prefer the general public doesn't know about me.  For the deep stuff, I have a LiveJournal where I can filter posts.


I read your last Journal entry. Your profile overall is very specific and what you want is clearly stated. That's good because there is no room for misinterpretation or confusion. As for your Journal, I was surprised at how soft it seemed.

I could see how a lot of people would be drawn to you. I like how you expressed your view on dominance. I would love to check out your livejournal sometimes. I'm sure it's very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:42:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: RealSub58

I wish you could respond to journal/blog entries instead of writing to that profiler.  Like another mini forum board.


That would be good, maybe CM will update the site with that capability in the future.



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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:45:40 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JustDarkness

I think...if it is a serious journal.....it says more about the person then its profile.
(with serious I mean not complaining about others only..but also once in a while thoughts and opinions)


All I can say is that, reading your journal, I chuckled. You did ask a great question though about people who are just here for the forums yet don't post. I guess they just feel comfy reading. As a person who lurked for a bit, I will say that from my perspective the forum can be a bit intimidating. You don't want to say something goofy and risk the embarrassment of people going ... "huh?"



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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:53:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		In my time I've written a few journal entries none of which I have stood by the next day when a kind of 'why the ... did I write that' comes over me and I then delete them. I've read a few too they usually fall into two categories: those that ramble on about every single detail of their lives and those that use them to attack every person that has ever contacted them on the site. Sometimes I read them and it takes me by surprise but rarely.
 
It also feels a bit irrelevant, if I'm judging people by what they wrote in their journal a year ago when they may have been in a completely different situation or frame of mind.


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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 11:55:34 AM   
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ORIGINAL: CarrieO

I keep a journal here and write whatever is on my mind at the time...sometimes kink-related sometimes not. I recently deleted quite a few entries because, well, I can rattle on a bit!
I always read journal entries of those that email me, if they have them. I see these entries as a view into a part of the person who wrote them. Many times I'll send a comment to someone, not because I'm interested in communicating with them, but because what they wrote caught my attention in some way.   Maybe it's because I'm a voracious reader...who knows.




Carrie, I loved reading your list and I think a lot of people here, from what I've read, would ask the same thing of folks, before they write them.

Then there's this ...

"Sometimes a gag is a wonderful thing!"

Classic. I like your sense of humor.


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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 12:05:59 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Ebonybbw

I use my journal to expose more information about me:  my thoughts, likes, dislikes, ventures...  As you will also see it also reflects people thoughts about me, their thoughts about people they dislike or have bias against (i.e., obese individuals)...  I love to journal... wish I had more time to do so...


Woah, Ebony, let me say, I read a few of the most current entries in your journal and it was the most entertaining by far. In my humble opinion you have the right to post what you like as long as it's not breaking the Terms of Service on CM and obviously you were not or it would've been removed.

Also, I will say that maybe if people would pay more attention to what is being said to you, instead of the fact that you are sharing it, we would get to the root problem of societies views on weight, instead of using side issues to avoid the subject.

Best of luck to you.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 12:12:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ThatDaveGuy69

On writting a journal:
I used to maintain mine on here - until someone bitched me out for talking about my experience being unemployed.  Now I don't bother.

On reading a journal:
If the profile is enough to get -and keep- my interest then I'll look at the journal.  But I gotta tell ya: I really hate when people write out long poems or song lyrics.  That's a huge turn off no matter what else is written.  I consider it the Red Flag of the Drama Queen.  :D

~Dave


Dave I love the honesty in your posts. I bet it was a great feeling walking around Dominics with the hottie. *lol* Also I will agree with Candystripper, about your employment posts. There will always be someone who has a negative opinion of a viewpoint you express, but it's there problem not yours. Don't censor yourself to meet other's expectations.

However, I have the same issue from time to time, so who am I to talk. I just think it takes stepping back and giving yourself  a moment to rub off the sting of negativity then move forward.



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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 1:13:36 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: theobserver

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ORIGINAL: JustDarkness

I think...if it is a serious journal.....it says more about the person then its profile.
(with serious I mean not complaining about others only..but also once in a while thoughts and opinions)


All I can say is that, reading your journal, I chuckled. You did ask a great question though about people who are just here for the forums yet don't post. I guess they just feel comfy reading. As a person who lurked for a bit, I will say that from my perspective the forum can be a bit intimidating. You don't want to say something goofy and risk the embarrassment of people going ... "huh?"



lol you did read my profile indeed.

I can imagine. New people are sometimes welcomed a little harsh. Some people handle that, some not.
Best is to use search first...learn..and then ask what is unanswered.
And sometimes ignore those who treat you like shit..lol

< Message edited by JustDarkness -- 11/2/2008 1:14:12 PM >

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 1:29:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like the journals. Most seem to be moaning over the lack of real peoples on here, or reiterating something from the profile like 'no males! no males!'. But some are good to read and keep up with, some because they are funny or thought-provoking and some cos I like to see how peoples searches are going.

I just write on mine whatever is on my head. Recently, I've gotten a few decent conversations out of my random posts so thats grand.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 1:32:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: JustDarkness

quote:

ORIGINAL: theobserver

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ORIGINAL: JustDarkness

I think...if it is a serious journal.....it says more about the person then its profile.
(with serious I mean not complaining about others only..but also once in a while thoughts and opinions)


All I can say is that, reading your journal, I chuckled. You did ask a great question though about people who are just here for the forums yet don't post. I guess they just feel comfy reading. As a person who lurked for a bit, I will say that from my perspective the forum can be a bit intimidating. You don't want to say something goofy and risk the embarrassment of people going ... "huh?"



lol you did read my profile indeed.

I can imagine. New people are sometimes welcomed a little harsh. Some people handle that, some not.
Best is to use search first...learn..and then ask what is unanswered.
And sometimes ignore those who treat you like shit..lol


*laughs*
I think introductions can be the hardest here (and on any forum or in any situation). Once over that step, I believe most people can post confidently without that fear of a harsh response. Sure, there's always someone who will disagree with you or find you repellent (for whatever reason) but conducted ourselves solely by other's standards no one would ever say anything.

Yeah so I'm learning. It was pretty great to read some of the journals.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 1:52:50 PM   
Lockit


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Status: offline 		I first used my journal to post some of my shorter stories.  Whoa! lol I had to take them off.  Many submissive's were changing their nicks to Derrick and thinking I was the domme in the stories.  But it opened a lot of doors for me and actually created a story fan base that are still hanging out waiting for my next one.  I've made a lot of friends from it and met other writer's.

I love reading profiles and journals that catch my eye and have found some wonderful 'meat' in them.  Thought provoking insights into topic's and people.  Of course there are those that ring every bell and whistle and raise every flag... but hey, it's all good! lol

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 2:00:47 PM   
Venatrix


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Status: offline 		FR - My journal is part humour, part piss-and-moan, part public service announcement.  That reminds me: I need to go post an entry about Midori's upcoming predicament bondage class.  See?  It has its uses.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 2:23:02 PM   
GreedyTop


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Status: offline 		I use mine to post some of the absurd emails I get, talk about things going on in my life..

I sometimes read journals.  It may or may not have any bearing on whether or not I contact someone.. usually, if I read the journal of someone I don't interact with here on the forums, it means that something about their profile has already gotten my attention.

Rae also made a good point about a journal entry from a year ago may not be an accurate representation of who that person is NOW.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 3:43:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I dig reading em, (well, if the profile itself was interesting enough to read). 

It is like a 'dear diary' to someone's goings-ons, nonsense or not.  Even if they bitch n complain about nothingness makes ya decide (sometimes more) than if they are what seems in the profile info itself. 

ie: if some guy says in profile that he ONLY meets young, fit women, yet bitches about some old fat chick he hooked up 3 days ago for for some play.  That is hardly meaningful or accurate and quite hypocritical. 

Song lyrics or poems are a notta.  Sometimes journals even change my opinion about an actual profile or incline me to be more curious of an empty one.

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 3:45:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Somewhere else, the site had a function which allowed me to subscribe to another member's blog...it's MySpace, I think.  If I could get whatever I wanted done to the other side of CM, that's a feature I'd love to have.   
 
candystripper 

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 3:48:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm not sure I understand what you just posted, but if you want to subscribe to someone's journal, you click the button that says SUBSCRIBE TO JOURNAL on that person's profile.


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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 4:03:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love reading other people's journals and yes, I think it tells a lot about the person. If all I see is complaints about how everyone is fake and such, it tells me a lot about the person. I like the ones that tell me about that person's life. Their thoughts and dreams. What they did that week. I subscribe to several journals of people on the message boards especially who I love to read about. I also love writing in my journal. Sometimes it helps me to get thoughts I am having down in writing. Sometimes I second guess things I have wrote, but I try to make myself leave them alone and not delete them just because I think better of it the next day!

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 4:55:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		I did away with my message board and journals.   People will sometimes zero in on something you say that is not part of what you do and give you some grief.  At least that is what I have learned.  I have been online four years.
Some of the stuff I wrote in the beginning, I had no clue as to what I was saying.  Two people whom I thought were my friends, stabbed me in the back.
If you want to keep one, it is a free country.   Always beware there are peditors out there.

Regards, MissSCD

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RE: CollarMe Journals - Like, Dislike or Indifferent? - 11/2/2008 5:03:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't journal as much as I might -- it seems like I do so much writing for everything else (including here on the boards :-P) that I sort of neglect my journal. That being said, I do try to put stuff up there that is pertinent and gives some insight into things that make a difference to me, so people can get a glimpse 'inside' through my journals.

In the same way, I enjoy -reading- the journals that give a glimpse into the person's life.

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