Cross-posting

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I don't have facebook or twitter accounts and don't want them. It's annoying that people with these accounts can comment on livejournal, but people with livejournal accounts can comment on many other blogs etc. using open ID so I suppose it evens out.

I don't friends-lock most posts, and I would really appreciate it if people didn't cross-post comments etc. from the ones that I do lock, since this apparently means that the security of friend-locked posts is compomised. If anyone does so and I find out about it, I will de-friend them.

But even before the new stupidity, there was no way to stop one of my "friends" putting the contents of one of my friends locked posts on line if they wanted to - it's called cut and paste, and there isn't a way to stop it. And that is just as true of every other social networking site.

The bottom line is, I won't be quitting livejournal over this, but I really would appreciate it if people would think carefully before cross-posting.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I am much amused by this update this morning from the LJ staff:


"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."


So by their own admission, they have introduced a feature that most of them wouldn't have wanted either...

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Plonkers.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I think the problem is that in the old days, you would have thought carefully before cross-posting a comment of yours elsewhere because you had to copy and paste deliberately. The new functionality makes it horribly easy to do it accidentally.

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I'm planning to make a point of adding a "please do not repost" thing to any future friendslocked post.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. When I get home (currently in a hotel near Euston Station!)I will use the adjustment I have seen on a couple of my friends' journals on my quick nip through tonight, and then post almost word for word what you have just said here both on my journal and on my info page.

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I think this is largely the usual LJ storm in a teacup, but as usual there are some real privacy issues amongst all the angst.