Circles and circles and circles again (Or, 1:20am is no time to have thinky thoughts)

[lizbee]

How do you decide whether or not to grant access in addition to subscribing to their journal?  Is it appropriate to grant someone access without subscribing?  When subscribing to a stranger's LJ, do you grant them access, or is that a step to be taken at a later date?  How do you decide when you're ready to grant access?  Why does this series of questions sound like the sex queries in Dolly magazine?  Is granting access the new euphemism for getting your knickers off?  Why aren't I in bed?

Seriously, though, these are things I've been pondering lately, and I'm curious to hear people's thoughts.  Have at it.

Comments

[lizbee]

I have to admit, I can't imagine why one would lock a fic journal. But then, I like my fic to get the maximum amount of attention.

I'm thinking more of RL friends or family, who might want to read my posts, but who only post memes in their own journal. (Obviously scrolling down is beyond my capabilities.)

[meril.livejournal.com]

I used to read in an RPF fandom where 99.95% of the fandom got freaked out when links to fics were posted outside of LJ and outside of slash fandom. So they locked everything tight. Unfortunately I don't feel like friending a bunch of people and giving them access to my stuff just to read their fics, so this grant access thing is right on for this sort of fandom activity.

(also the fics were, um, not worth friending people for, but that's another story)