Just located two more old friends on Facebook and sent friend requests, although I don't know whether either of them will approve me after all these years.
(*mutters something unintelligible about water under bridges*)
There's a certain vulnerability to the visibility one has on Facebook, with real names and photos. It's a step away from the comfortable pseudo-anonymity of LiveJournal and its clones. Oh, I do realize that LJ / LJ-clone identities are not totally anonymous - it's not that difficult to find out who is behind a username - but at least there's an illusion to be maintained here.
(*mutters something unintelligible about water under bridges*)
There's a certain vulnerability to the visibility one has on Facebook, with real names and photos. It's a step away from the comfortable pseudo-anonymity of LiveJournal and its clones. Oh, I do realize that LJ / LJ-clone identities are not totally anonymous - it's not that difficult to find out who is behind a username - but at least there's an illusion to be maintained here.