i am increasingly convinced that one of the most bizarre, interesting, and important reasons that people post to blogs, lj and twitter is that they feel like they can say a buncha words and not put any undue pressure on any party to respond, or even to pay attention. i don't fully understand this compulsion, despite having it myself. certainly we enjoy it when people pay attention and respond, but there is an immense freedom somehow in *not* holding a captive audience.
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