Yea. I feel like news was public stuff, and journals were "private". When I write my journals I'm not really thinking about a wide audience. Mostly they're written for me first, and close friends second.

I always thought it would be cool to be able to journals. And I may have said so at some point - but I never really meant it as a serious thing. I think there are a lot of unforeseen consequences to doing that, the popularity thing being one of them. Someone else mentioned the possibility of it meaning less comments. Since people can just to show their support or something, they wont bother to say it aloud.

I for one don't plan on ing any journals, unless it's something I need to keep track of, like a contest. Or, you know, actual news-type stuff that I used to /♥ anyway.