It makes the real life easier to use friends-lock. Usually real life has enough troubles without those tiresome conversations about your writing or other hobbies. Years ago I decided not to talk so much about my hobbies because some people are really annoying when they forced me into a conversation about what I'm doing and tell me that reading those book I read are stupid, or driving with a car into a water is senseless or all what I've done and I do is for another one not the right thing to do. I'm always thinking, that's a good thing. That is okay. That the peoples are different and I wouldn't start a discussion about hobbies with someone. I just accept the people how they are and I'm really that naive to think that other people should do the same. But that isn't working in my real life.
*smile* So, it's working here and that's good for me.