RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-17 11:41:09 UTC
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@why Most of this makes complete sense, but there's one thing I notice with people around here. Extremism in this. While of course it'd be idiotic to go the facebook way and completely merge IRL and internet life, I think the concept that both have to be entirely detached from eachother is not only ridiculous, but also paranoid and jerkish. It needs a degree of moderation. Sure, don't go around giving your address to everyone you see on a public site, but I think that absolutely refusing to let both social circles touch is paranoid towards the IRL group, as it basically says "I don't trust you all to show how I actually am" and insulting to the internet group, saying "it doesn't matter if we've known eachother from 8 years, I'm never getting a drink with you on the basis that you're an internet acquaintance".
A degree of moderation should be exercised on that separation, keeping loose IRL contacts outside the internet, and letting close internet friends into IRL eventually.
