Xanga Stalking…

How does that work anyway? Aren’t you just gathering bits and pieces of information on a person’s life through their entries? Where does the stalking part come in on a venue that’s made for people to publicize the details of their daily routine?

Oh! It’s because they made the mistake of talking about where they live, where they go to school, where they’ll be in the future, etc.

Rule #1 (and I live by this one): never disclose the details of your whereabouts. Ever. If you notice on this site, you won’t find something like: Today I’m going to the Staples Center! It will most likely be more similar to: Today I went to the Staples Center. Past tense = you’re not there anymore, but you were.

The stupid part of Xanga Stalking is that it’s the writer who puts himself/herself in the position of being stalked. The excitement of writing mundane details makes a writer think that it’s okay to talk about everything. But really, isn’t not: (1) it’s boring, and (2) there are crazies out there who might assume that because they know a lot about you, it means they personally know you.

Discretion is a valuable tool for online journals.

I don’t know why I’m writing about this. I just found it to be oddly intruiguing.

5 thoughts on “

  1. hey sylvia
    most of your entries tend to be “oddly intriguing”… and others just downright offensive. hahaha, jp… they’re always funny and entertaining. so what gave you the idea of using “staples center” as an example? lol… lemme know if i ever accidently use “i’m going to” instead of “i went to”…. and if you use “i’m going to”, it doesn’t matter if you don’t say when, right..? 😛

  2. hmmmm is that what I am doing right now? I must be the dumbest stalker on earth then leaving comments and footprints all over the place XD,No I am not stalking you, just like your writing enough to keep on reading and I am egotistical enough to believe you should be grateful for my dribbles of attention. No seriously I just like how you write and what you write about =D.

Leave a comment