Online Educational Journals

Would you write and keep an online journal of your previous dates, boyfriends or girlfriends?

This is the scenario: You have been on a date or been clubbing and met someone special. Maybe things worked out or maybe it didn’t but you definitely had an experience that you’d want to share with your friends. The website will allow you to write journal entries of previous dates, girlfriends and boyfriends. You’ll be able to create your own profile, produce a journal entry of a previous date or ex girl/boyfriend, create an avatar and alias (instead of a photograph and real name of the ex girl/boyfriend), rate it, put a comment and share it with other users/friends in your network. The essence of the site is self-education and sharing your experiences. Dating is an education experience, preparing you for your best partner. The site could answer questions such as "what did I learn in dating this person?"

Public Comments

1. Yeahhh! It sounds pretty ah-some!!
2. NO!!!!!
3. no
4. hmmmm, an online balck book. Sleazy, but it sounds like a good idea.
5. No
6. sounds kinda kool
7. Out of respect, don't use their names.
8. Never Never Never - what happens if the other person/persons 'guess' that you would do this sort of thing and work out who you are and which is your diary - It can be and has been done. Always be careful what you write online and be aware that anyone can read it!
9. wouldnt want people knowing the ins and outs of my business, unless they were my close friends so no to this online journal thing. Yahoo Answers is as far as it gets with personal experiences
10. I don't think I could do that. There are only a few people that I talk about my relationships to anyways so it's not like im missing out on something. I'd rather keep my personal life as personal as I can.
11. no way, we are not test subjects. Have a bit of respect for the person who has put his/her trust in you, even for a night!
12. no cuz b/c somebody might try to go and look at it
13. No!!! It would not sit right with me putting all my personal stuff out there with any and everybody reading it. It just seems wrong and a bit lacking in privacy.
14. No i wouldn't do that its too personal for me to write about up on the internet.
15. i would not keep a journal on the computer as if you dont want no one reading it then it would be best to keep it in a journal at home.
16. Journals are good for self-knowledge. Publishing them is bad - admit it, you think you're important and want attention. Have some modesty. .
17. It sounds like people would use it but I dont think it's very respectful. Because even if the person in say Ohio dosent know who your talking about everyone you know and possibly he knows will know what your talking about. And some information should just be kept private.
18. That my friend is genius - you know you are on to the new Friends Reunited here - you could have a kind of boy/girl blog as you say. Fantastic - I like it. I do think though that you should get some pictures on there then at least the person being "RATED/JUDGED" could get to respond and you could really have some interesting blogs then! Go ahead - do it - and remember us when you are dining with Billy Gates.....
19. I've seen some out there, but I would not at all participate because all the guys I've dated weren't significant enough to be immortalized and written about. Plus, I think those things bring out the worst in ones character. It's sometimes entertaining to see (like a bad episode of Maury's "You Are Not the Father" episodes) but tacky none-the-less.
20. I would not want everyone to be able to see it. I would keep it private and only allow those people whom I trusted or no one at all. I already keep a paper journal and I don't let anyone see that. You never know who you might end up dating (one of your friends maybe) or who might see the journal.
21. It depends If ya wanna then go for it. You probably should or else ya forget em
22. i think not because someone might go on line and then they will read your stuff and then talk about it and anyways i thought that that was only for girls to do unless you are a girl
23. "The essence of the site is self-education and sharing experiences?" Let's keep it real. It's really about kissing and telling right? If after a breakup you cannot think about what I contributed to either build the relationship or bring it to its demise without posting your business and theirs mind you...I feel sorry.
24. probably not because if one of your friends tells somebody you previously dated or "experimented" on they'll find out and not be too happy with me...trust me, I doubt any girl will want you posting advice based on a date with her online, be it good or bad. If you insist on doing it though, just be sure you're carefully not to reveal your true identity so you won't get caught or hurt somebody or yourself for that matter...
25. NOPE!!!!
26. no
27. If you're suggesting an idea for a website, something like that would be only be worth it if the people on the site were dating each other and that in itself could be trouble. I mean if I just post about some girl I went out with called Anya and write about her, if you don't know her and will never meet her it's just me benifitting from the experience, so why should I bother writing about it?
28. Why would anyone need this new website if they had friends to discuss things with? Seems a bit childish, you'll probably get 13 year olds discussing the fit guy in class and 'what does it mean when he buys you McDonald's milkshake?' Good idea in theory, but in reality this is one to aim at school kids.
29. Cool idea - a website where you could exhange saucy experiences - I could see that work. Could definatly be a interesting read - I don't think I would post anything myself though. would need to think of personal privacy issues.