Sharing assumes a commitment.

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Perhaps paradoxically, the fact of our sharing information on the web, our collaborating with others, presents one of the few instances in which there may actually be something genuinely personal. When we choose to share, we make a commitment, and expect that those with whom we share are making a similar commitment. Via our online sharing we make an investment, and we understand that the quality of that investment is assessed by others who have to decide whether they want to reciprocate. Thus, it's in our interests to bring something "real" to this interaction. By transcending the personal, we find ourselves in a situation in which there's actual value in expressing it.

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Go to: Individual, perhaps, but not personal, or
Go to: It's nothing personal.