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[tim]

I'm noticing the interesting feature that Gmail threads all Dreamwidth comments in a single thread, not just all comments on a single post, as with LJ. I don't know whether to blame Gmail or Dreamwidth for that.

Anyway, a poll that is not actually a poll: HYPOTHETICALLY, would you be offended if somebody granted you access but didn't subscribe?

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[miang]

Funny, I have the same problem with LJ threads and Gmail, although I don't know if that's attributable to only having an OpenID account. (I didn't receive comment notifications back when I had a regular account.)

As for the not-poll, it would depend if I considered them a friend or not (i.e., someone who I thought should have a sustained interest in knowing what's going on with me / my life). I generally consider both mutual trust ('access') and mutual interest ('subscription') pretty important to the continuation of a friendship, online or off...

[tim]

Yeah, I should have clarified that that question was aimed at people I don't know IRL, or at least, don't know well IRL.

[tim]

(since I can't edit) Another issue the question raises for me is that of people who once would have fallen into the "people I know well IRL" category, but who I haven't really kept in good touch with (note that this doesn't correlate with how often I've actually seen someone IRL, just with... things being what they are). The "grant access"/"subscribe" split raises the question of whether to admit to that reality once and for all.