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clocketpatch ([personal profile] clocketpatch) wrote2010-09-01 09:25 pm
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The fuck?

I don't want to, but this may be enough to get me moving on over to DreamWidth.

Please don't any of you be facebooking/tweeting any of my friendslocked entries or comments.

[identity profile] alouzon.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think they expire, but if you have trouble, seriously, just ask, I've got way too many of them.

And I agree with you 100%, this feature would be ok for others who want to use it (though I would never use it in a million years) if it did not apply to other people's locked entries. Total invasion of privacy. I trust my flist not to use it on purpose in a locked post, but sometimes people just click without looking or hit the wrong thing.
Someone wasn't thinking when they decided to roll this out. As usual...

[identity profile] alouzon.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Where did you read this? It would be stupid if you couldn't get rid of a comment (delete it). But ever since the random snark I got from a CBC employee back when my journal was public, I've always used the option to screen comments on public entries, so I don't think this should make too much of a difference. It would be important to be able to ban asshatters outright, but once they see their comments aren't posting, that's usually enough to make them go elsewhere.

And I use the openID feature to comment on friends blogs without opening an account with their service providers, so I think it is a useful option. Hopefully they will think this all through a little more and will work out the obvious flaws.

They know there's a lot of opposition to this feature, so it might be disabled in the meantime while they work out the kinks. Seriously LJ, "beta testing" is not a foreign concept to most IT companies...

Update: Thank you for taking the time to offer your honest feedback. We understand and appreciate your desire for privacy. We share your concerns. Most of us would not want to publish our LiveJournal usernames or FO comments to Facebook or Twitter either (to the extent we even use them). Please give us a little time to address your concerns. We are listening, and we'll do our best to respond.
Edited 2010-09-02 03:01 (UTC)

[identity profile] abbyromana.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Whooo! I hope you're wrong about that that too. If not, I might have to join you on DreamWidth... if I can find an invitation.

[identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
I trust my flist not to use it on purpose in a locked post, but sometimes people just click without looking or hit the wrong thing.

This is exactly my concern, too. It's not likely to affect me too much personally as I don't have many flocked posts, but I'm very upset by the major!fail this change entails -- a locked post should be locked. That applies to comments as well.

[identity profile] abbyromana.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree it is completely stupid, and I too hope people on my flist know the difference between sharing my open posts and my flocked posted. I was actually hoping it was impossible for them to do it with flocked posts. :/

Btw, I love your icon. It's from 'The Batman,' right?

[identity profile] alouzon.livejournal.com 2010-09-03 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Btw, I love your icon. It's from 'The Batman,' right?

What ever gave you that idea?
;p

[identity profile] abbyromana.livejournal.com 2010-09-03 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
*giggle* ;) Right.

Well, I just started watching that show. I'm through the first season, and even though there are obvious differences from TAS and the comics, the show is amazingly well done and does a good job of sticking within the guidelines of its own continuity and canon. I'm particularly enjoying the dynamic between Bruce and Alred in the show.

Also, I wanted to ask if you know any good comms for the show on LJ. :)
Edited 2010-09-03 14:09 (UTC)

[identity profile] alouzon.livejournal.com 2010-09-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's great. I liked the Batman TAS, but it was always so dark; this show has quite a bit of humour, which I like. I also like how there is a perpetually full moon in this show. I don't think they're making a comment about lunar influences on human behaviour, I think they just like the way it looks.

I haven't seen any comms directly devoted to "The Batman" as opposed to "Batman" in general.