Wow, we're way off topic here. Thanks for the title change.

I got started doing it that way because of the "add to pad" function of the personal nodelet. When I read a post that I want to remember for later, I add it to the pad and later go through the pad and categorize them. It never occured to me to go to the trouble of sticking them somewhere else or that people might take issue with it.

Is there a "private" node type that can be created that isn't a new post or a reply to another post (as yours appears to be)? Or maybe I'll just move them to my home node.