Communication Hypothesis

[woodwardiocom]

A random thought, on which I invite comment:

A person's desire and ability to communicate tends to be inversely proportional to how often they disable comments in their LiveJournal posts.

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Then again, "tends" is awfully hard to argue against credibly.

Weasel words do allow one a graceful exit from so many faux pas . . .

I did thnk about adding the "on LiveJournal" qualifier, but I'm interested to see if people think there's a broader correlation.

(And, if people don't have time to deal with discussion on LJ, why are they posting to LJ? Are they only posting announcements?)

[(Anonymous)]

I can answer that -- I have a lot of friends who are very active on LJ, so my LJ (and later the feed from my blog) allow these people to keep track of my life.

Of course, I don't disable comments either. I just find the weight of LJ to be fairly oppressive, and I stay here for the handful of people I know and like.

[dlganger.livejournal.com]

I really hate it when my browser logs me out.