Journal etiquette-help me out here

[ladyapple27]

I haven't been on LJ very long, and I've met some great people. The problem is that I often check out someones profile and am surprised to find out how strongly they discourage contact. (Believe me, I have no intention of bothering them after I read something like that.) Are there really that many people on LJ who lurk around harassing people? If there are, give me a friendly warning. I need to know how to protect myself.

What I'm wondering is, if you do not possess some degree of openness, how do you meet people?

After looking around a bit,I'm assuming that a private message is the best way to inquire about friending someone.

If I have committed any journal no-nos, then let me know. As I've said, I'm new to this and don't know the ropes.

Thanks to all of the wonderful people that have friended me. I didn't know that I was going to have this much fun.

Comments

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

My neighbors would shoot the squirrels and eat them.

My troll was accusing innocent people of being rascist. She sounded like the real rascist. Never thought I'd meet one on the gardening blog!

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Nice neighbors you have! I did have a pair of red-shouldered hawks who nested behind our house last year. They did a fairly nice job of keeping the rabbits thinned out. Unfortunately it takes cars and trucks to thin out the deer!
I never would have thought I'd meet a troll in gardening either.
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[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

Actually, the neighbors are quite civilized; they never kill anything that they don't intend to eat.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

They are excellent hunters to be able to catch squirrels.
;)