I have disagreed with the way this section is handled, too. When topics go to the diaries, unless you have a close relationship (friends/families) it seems they disappear and nothing else is much said. I still don't understand why some things aren't left in chit-chat -- after all, to me the chit-chat section is like sitting in our living rooms and talking about anything -- happy, sad, personal, not so personal. I wish the mods would change the way it's handled, too.