kicking puppies is bad

I was browsing journals today and came across a post by AsymiPhoenix**. In his post, he stated,

“Stalking without messaging” can be regarded as the virtual version of looking at a person, and letting them see you looking, without actually initiating the social ritual which then leads to a relationship or sex – a way of playing hard to get and prompting the pursuit on their end of the social dynamic.

Maybe I am missing something, but that isn’t really how I see it. I mean, I view lots of people’s profiles. I find other people’s profiles interesting (even when the other people themselves are not so interesting). I rarely contact people (unless they are *really* super-duper special).If I viewed your profile and didn’t message you, it doesn’t mean I think you are hot but I’m playing hard to get. It generally means that I thought something about you was vaguely interesting (possibly something in a journal entry or journal comment). Then I checked out your profile. I realized that you were boring, icky, creepy, republican, an emotional f*ckwit or too far away to bother with. So I didn’t message you. You shouldn’t take that as a sign that I think you are dreamy. In fact, you should probably draw the opposite conclusion. I’m *seriously* not playing hard to get.
** This is a link to AsymiPhoenix‘s profile. You should click on it. He will then think that you are interested. He will conclude that you find him dreamy, but that you are playing hard to get.