Mais je suis super sérieuse!

[cerealjoe]

Right. So let's share some more politically incorrect opinions: I don't give a damn about the whole "share the comment/post on FB/Twitter" affair! I'm not worried that somehow my stuff will end up at the end of the universe and somehow my super-duper sworn arch-nemesis will see a link to an entry of mine and use that against me. Then again I don't have a damn arch-nemesis! Woe is me. I want a cool arch-nemesis, dammit! If Stephen Colbert can have Bi/Rain as his arch-nemesis (watch that video, the fun starts about 1:40 in) I want someone just as awesome and badass, I want to have a damn dance-off also. Back to my point. Everyone and their mother is saying that LJ is an arse for putting in that option and they weren't asked about it. This is like H2G2, you probably were asked about but you had to go down to some basement and go past a tiger (metaphorically speaking, in internet terms that means "it was written somewhere at the bottom of a post about potato chips") to actually read about it. What's the main problem most people have? They lose the control of what they've written and their LJ is "theirs". This is the interwebs, nothing belongs to you. These options that were introduced just make it easier for me to spread something... trust me, if I wanted to make fun of your little post and get you some hate mail, I could easily post a link to your entry on some random board with a couple of trolls and public/friends-only/other posts would get spammed. It's a bit like people moaning that their HQ photos are being stolen. Don't want it stolen/made fun of/photoshopped? Don't post it on the interwebs. Easy breezy Cover Girl. Alright, so yes, I'm not taking this whole drama too seriously because LJ has so many other problems which were introduced (ads anyone? ads you can control on your paid account?) and which in my opinion are so much worse. Why the hell get your panties in a twist about something which actually existed before but is now just made easier? Conclusion: LJ, in your next update can you send me my own kpop arch-nemesis with whom I'd totally be able to have a dance-off? We could even go to a norebang now that I can read Hangul very slowly (not that I know what anything means but I can read it)! And in other news, this is for my mum if she'll ever get around to backtracking up to here in my LJ when she's back from her holidays. See, Mum, this is what Linda the bunny was doing while you weren't here! She somehow managed to get past the mesh that's in front of the bottom layer of the garden and she quite enjoyed the food there. She also absolutely ignored me when I told her it was dangerous and that she could fall off easily at any point and she kept on jumping along the edge. Bad bunny! But I guess that's what bunnies do, they jump.

To say that the majority of pet bunnies are in cages and never get to go out and only eat round bunny food! I don't think Linda quite realises what an adventurous life she leads compared to those bunnies.

Comments

[modernnature.livejournal.com]

The biggest problem is that people can post comments that they post in locked posts to Twitter or FB. And when that happens, the cross-post contains a link to the original post. Although you can't see the contents of the post, it still defeats the purpose of locked posts to be able to link them to Twitter or FB. Also, sometimes comments include quotes from the original posts, and that information will be posted on Facebook or Twitter.

It's a problem for people like me who have worked hard to separate LJ from Twitter and Facebook. My parents, grandparents, aunts, former coworkers, former bosses, and other "business" people are on Facebook and I don't want that connected with this LJ for any reason. Period. The fact that I can't opt-OUT of this option in my own journal is ridiculous. I didn't agree to this at all. As a lawyer-to-be, I've taken to reading every word of the Terms of Use that I sign, and this was not included in anything.

Besides, LJ is a user-based service and if so many users are not okay with what is now a default setting that cannot be turned off, that's not good business or management. The option should be to turn the cross-posting on, not the other way around. Nor should it be impossible for me to keep other people from cross-posting their comments in my journal on my locked posts.

None of this is meant to be directed at you. I obviously have some strong feelings about this. But just so you know what our argument is.

[cerealjoe.livejournal.com]

Yup, most people who have FO journals are keeping them that way to keep a part of them hidden from family/RL friends/trolls... and this option makes them feel like there is a breach in privacy (even though that breach could easily happen even without the easy cross-posting option). LJ is mainly just providing a service and people seem to forget that. As I see it, if someone wants full control over their writing, etc. then the best option is to consider private hosting and setting up their own service. The main point and difference of LJ was (and hopefully is) the community aspect with the friends page and easy posting to communities... FB/Twitter integration could be seen as an extension of sorts (perhaps that's how they sell it, tbh I haven't read through all the posts because the negativity and stupidity of most replies made me want to choke something).

My point of view is perhaps different because, I'll be honest, I mainly think as someone who has to create services and products (and yes, the legal team is our main internal enemy because they tell us we can't do many things because of various reasons, so no worries I also get your lawyer POV). I actually wouldn't be surprised if this change was either brought on by someone finding the code absolutely fabulous or FB/Twitter promising money or some kind of reward for this inclusion.

Internet Piracy

[pnolan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm . . I guess I'm with you, Gali. I think your basic point is well taken. If you want what you write, or the pictures you take to be private, don't post it on the internet!!! In the U.S., the government monitors the internet (I don't know how?!) AND our phones, etc., all because of the "Patriot Act." And also there are all those hackers and other jerk offs just playing around out there. And it will probably only get worse. So . . . the internet should be used for information gathering (carefully) and sharing. Perhaps the people who use it all the time have come to expect it to be "theirs" but clearly it's not.

Re: Internet Piracy

[cerealjoe.livejournal.com]

Well, the government does not monitor as such the Internet, that would be quite impossible. The Patriot Act basically gives the government the right to log all internet activity but to monitor it 24/7 for everyone would take too many resources both computer and human. Unless you are someone worthy of noticing by some services you don't have much to worry about. The issue with this Patriot Act is that technically anyone could have their activity monitored (that's possible for a limited number of individuals) without them knowing about it... but hey, that's exactly what was possible previously but time was required to get warrants and lawyers could get annoying and saying stuff can't be retroactive.