June 18, 2011
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Reading Old Posts
I rarely read through my old posts at all. I few times I have gone back and looked for one post because someone made reference to it. I guess it is because I really don’t have time and I think I have done so much posting over the last 6 and a half years.
Do you ever read your old xanga posts?
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I do sometimes.
Once in a great while, yes. But my posts are essencially diary entries. Yours are usually more community based, about news stories, etc., so I think it’s natural for you to not go back over them much. But I do hope you save certain ones, maybe in an email folder, to go back over or share with your family – namely the more personal posts about your marriage, kids, and work.
Sure. Usually thought I like reading old comments.
I do re-read some of them. There are a few that always make me crack up, other times I want to make sure I haven’t forgotten to make a poop reference in 2 blogs (once every 2 blogs, no less).
Once in a while. It’s fun seeing how my opinions/ideas and writing styles have changed over the years.
Every once in a while, I go back and read some. Most of my old posts are private now.
when i’m looking for something
When I’m bored, which is all the time. So, all the time.
My really old posts are locked up in the Xanga vault, under “cyberbear”.
unfortunately i tend to delete my xanga before posting a blog.
Occasionally… there are a lot of bad memories tied-up in them, though.
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yes, sometimes. i like to read my old stuff.. brings back memories, makes me laugh and realize how funny i am or how much of an accidental genius i am.
I do sometimes, and it seems like someone else wrote them.
i often find that I have no idea of what I was talking about when I posted something. It sounded right at the time, but I am the kind of person that has to read something several times before I can make it sound the way that I thought it up. I write based on how I feel, and I am usually exhausted.
Of course. That’s what they are there for: to be read. And if I didn’t read them, no one would! :) The posts themselves may not mean much to others, but they bring back lots of memories for me.
I guess I should have been reading my old posts since Google Adsense shut down my ads because of something I posted 4 years ago.
yeah, I do.
Occasionally. It’s really depressing, though.
Every once in a while, but not a lot. And like twice I’ve read the comments from when I actually got a lot. xD
i do all the time…
never did, till recently… now I go WAYYY back and read serially, and it’s interesting, or else I go for specific posts.
Wow… that’s depressing. I just realized I’ve been here a year and a half longer than you…
I’ve done that. It tends to depress me.
yes when I have time. It is interesting how many people are n o longer here and I still am:)
I do it frequently, actually.. I’m a huge fan of the past. Well, maybe ‘fan’ isn’t the right word but there it is.
I don’t. That is in the past for me.
I definitely read my older posts. Well, I only read my older posts on my old xanga (this is my new one). I was in junior high/ high school then, so whenever I read it, I think “What the heck was I thinking?” It’s just weird and kinda nostalgic. I haven’t used xanga in so long as well.
All the time, as a reference.
Usually I don’t.
Just as I throw away chess games (algebraic notation) I delete my posts, when it gets filled up, like waves cleansing. I’m a look foward no turning back kind of guy. However, in your case, your library is getting larger! The question is, who vidits your library. I never did, but you just gave me an excellent idea.
too lazy.
Yeah, but I don’t post that much.
yes, it’s like a photo diary.
I love my posts! Each one is a masterpiece.
nope
Sometimes. I look back on my past posts and laugh…
Sometimes I’m reminded about how long I’ve been on xanga and I’ll go back to my first account (I made it either at the beginning of high school or ending of middle school) and read through it.
I always laugh because I was surprisingly a lot more sexually explicit when I was younger. I would actually describe my sexual thoughts and fantasies very clearly and with a lot of detail.
Also I’m not very shocked to see how immature I was. I sounded so silly. lol
I’ve been here since 2005 and occasionally I click “read next” and accidentally read every single entry. It takes HOURS and it’s like an emotional roller coaster from 19 to 13 aha…
I also like to do “this day last year” when I click on the calender and look at what I posted on that day for the last 6 years. Very funny.
I do – they usually make me laugh. I was a much better writer back when I took more time with my blogging.
sure (: (: I like reading old comments
Yeah I do. Every now and then since then make me cringe. Ahh to be a heart broken 18 year old again, No thanks!!
Yeah, sometimes. But then it gets cringey reading what 13-year-old me put >.> In a way, I’m glad I deleted my first xanga, which had posts written in txtspk because at age 12 I thought that was “cool”. Ugh.
Yes. It’s where I get my ideas for more polished writing; it’s the place that I do my freewriting. It also helps me track my life; compare what I was doing 2 years ago, for example.
Sometimes just to make certain that I have’nt written on that certain subject before. But it is enjoyable to enjoy where I was at, mentallly and emotionally. It is interesting to see one’s past and how far you have come.
Definitely. I’ve had my Xanga account for over 10 years, so there’s some
really great stuff in there, from high school dating to college
problems to moving abroad to getting married! Sometimes I’ll look at
what I was doing on that day 5 years ago just for fun. It’s not always
pleasant and sometimes I want to forget what happened, but I’m glad to
have the memories.
Yeah, sometimes. I haven’t in a while though, maybe I will sometime soon since I now have the idea in my head.
No, not really. Back when I first started my Xanga I was a dumb teenager and I really don’t care for the dumb things I said back then. lol I would be embarrassing to read them, even to myself.
now that you mention it, I do. I end up laughing because of the stupidity written there, or I go into an “oh, it’s so nostalgic” session…
I’ve been doing just that for the past few minutes. I was checking my footprints, and I clicked on one of the entries that appeared. I then started clicking on the some of the Related Posts that appeared in those entries.
yeah…every now and then, i trip down memory lane. it’s nice to look back on posts that evoke joy, sadness, anger…whatever prompted you to write in the first place…
Of course. I love to hear myself talk, so why wouldn’t I love to read what I’ve written?
No I’ve done it before and I felt like I had multiple personalities reading back threw it. I don’t do that anymore. I like to feel “normal”.
Yup. I find it interesting to see the changes, events, etc I’ve been through.
I do it every now and then
I do and repost some of them under the title “The following is an old blog of mine”.
Of course you don’t often. Your posts are not personal. If you used Xanga as something to store memories and/or journal life, you would re-visit old posts more often.
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