For the record

[offbalance]

So, lj, in its infinite "wisdom" has decided to make it easier to connect your LJ with facebook. Meaning, that you can link comments - ANYONE'S comments - to facebook.

Apparently, no one took 5 seconds to suss out why this might be a terrible idea.

So, let me state for the record that if I catch anyone around here reposting anything of mine on facebook? Furious will not even begin to cover it. And you will find yourself banned. Perhaps permanently, depending on a few factors. I don't care how amazing, or clever, or funny or whatever it is. You can repost it without directly linking back to my LJ, or using my LJ name. Okay? Also nice? ASKING PERMISSION.

I work really hard to keep LJ and Facebook separate. REALLY. FUCKING. HARD. Some of you may have even noticed how tweaked I get if someone who knows my real last name uses it in any LJ context. There are reasons. Good reasons. I know the whole concept of "privacy" on the internet is stupid at best, but I try not to be too obvious about some things.

So, in short, if you want to stay friends? Keep my LJ out of your facebook or twitter or whathaveyou.

(starting to wonder about that dreamwidth migration about now...)

Comments

[stacyinthecity.livejournal.com]

Is there a primer on this or anything? Because this sounds awful. I need more info. How do I stop it.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/?cat=extensions
http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/?cat=privacy

Minimize your exposure there as much as you can.

Here is the stoopid idea in all its glory. Make your displeasure known!! http://news.livejournal.com/129190.html

[stacyinthecity.livejournal.com]

So if someone else xposts their comments that happen to be on my protected entry, my entry could still be on their FB page?

Oh god, I see the little "repost" boxes below...

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

That's my understanding.

[paynesgrey.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I'm raging at this new feature too. I'm hoping no one posts my comments either. How can that even work when we have f-locks!? It's not fair at all.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Supposedly it doesn't, but I am dubious. Ugh. Let's flood the news post with our displeasure!!

[paynesgrey.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I was all over that news post like flies on shit to show my displeasure.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to be really happy I grabbed my username in dreamwidth. Really. Happy.

[blue_ant]

I keep thinking about dreamwidth, too. But I hate their whole layout and default font and colors ... Plus, everyone is here. I'm also pissed off about the fact that you can't use a / in tags anymore, and without fiddling with it, any tags with a / in it, don't work.

Mostly I don't care about all that LJ drama. But I'm seriously annoyed right now. Especially with the idea that people could potentially post comments from my locked posts to their fb/twitter.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my feelings exactly. I kind of think of it as a safe house, you know?

But you're right. Everything I love about LJ is here. The communities, the people, the layouts...but this new dog won't hunt. So hopefully we'll get a mea culpa in a few days.

[blue_ant]

Guess what's even more awesome? You can TOTALLY repost comments from locked posts. It includes the comment and a link to the post. I know this because I just tried it (with my sister's permission). This is AWESOME, wait, no.

I don't want to leave LJ, though. Gah.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is SO MANY kinds of NOT OKAY. I can't wait to see what the response is tomorrow to all of the screaming.

[blue_ant]

I'm writing a long comment on the new post, which I never do. Can I just say I am SO happy that my LJ name is totally different from my twitter -- and that none are connected with facebook.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing, and I'm pretty happy I did.

[blue_ant]

Good for you. Apparently mine keeps getting linked around, LOL. Which is depressing, in a way, because I did the locked post comment xposted to twitter experiment. D:

[quasisonic.livejournal.com]

I never go to newsposts, but i went to that one and told them of my displeasure. Also pointed out I may not renew my paid account because of this.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Clever! Wish I'd thought of that!

[quasisonic.livejournal.com]

I also INSTANTLY got a comment from someone that said, "thisssss"

Hopefully the angry shouts will be loud enough.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I also pointed out that this is the kind of shit that gets people fired, and someone who jumped to agree with me.

[redesigner.livejournal.com]

I guess I find this a bit confusing. The FAQ says this:

Please note that you can choose to have comments posted to protected entries cross-posted to Facebook and/or Twitter, and the text of those comments will appear to all your followers on those sites, but clicking the link will not show the full entry to anyone who does not have access to view it. The cross-posting options will automatically be unchecked when commenting to a Friends Only or Private post, so that no protected comments are sent to Facebook or Twitter by accident.

So... if I've got this right... If I "linked" my LJ account to my Facebook account, if this entry was protected and I checked the "Repost to Facebook" box, this comment, and presumably a link to the entry, would also appear on my Facebook wall. Right?

OK--so even if that is the case--LJ isn't reposting the text of your entry on my Facebook wall, just the crap that I typed. And even if there is a link to the actual entry, only people with permission to see it will be able to.

Am I missing something? It seems ultra-extraneous to me but not necessarily a security or privacy flaw.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

That could very well be it. But even so, it seems ripe for something potentially damaging to happen. I know a lot of people who go out of their way to keep anyone they know from knowing they have an LJ at all, and this new "feature" could cause problems.

[redesigner.livejournal.com]

I can appreciate that. But I also think that it would be just as easy for someone who has malicious intent to just copy-and-paste an entry someplace public without the help of any Facebook connection.