boxofdelights

I am in fact slightly disturbed when someone responds back to every comment people make, and will often avoid commenting in those threads.

If I was offended by silence, I would be the most large hypocrite of them all. Once in a while, if I've been particularly whiny or otherwise emotionally obtrusive, and people have been supportive, and I'm more distant from the issue, I'll go back and thank people. Especially if one or two people made a particular effort. Otherwise, a nod of acknowledgment can be assumed.

I feel like my LJ friendships are peripheral to my personal relationships to those people. The value of LJ interactions is something like 1/20th that of in-person interactions. Probably less.