trust is not easily given

[jjhunter]

First we are strangers
you intrigue me; I'd like to
read more: I'll subscribe

hello, acquaintance--I look
forward to our comment threads

it feels like we have
been friends forever; I grant
you access to mine

tread softly, for you comment
on my deepest, darkest dreams


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'Tread softly...': W. B. Yeat's poem 'He wishes for the Clothes of Heaven' ends, "I have spread my dreams under your feet; /Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

Dreamwidth splits relationships between users into two categories: access and subscribe. The former gives access to a user's locked posts; the latter simply consists of a subscription to whatever posts of one user are available to another. Thus, a user can subscribe to another user's posts without automatically giving that user access to the first user's locked posts.

Comments

[jae]

I just saw this for the first time. It is awesome, and exactly how I feel about the distinction!

-J