Dey do do dat doh, don’t dey?

[erastes]

Oh Friends List please calm down. it’s not the end of the world, it’s just social networking. Surely there are more important things in life to get irate about like child abuse or cruelty to animals or floods or earthquakes or something GOOD you could be doing and not whining about whether someone copies your posts into another forum? If you have people who will deliberately post your private stuff in public then they aren’t your friend, and basically, they could have done it at any point before now. Nothing to stop anyone copying private material and posting it in public. Wrong, yes. Doable, definitely. If you are telling me you’ve never shared a juicy bit of flocked gossip with someone who wouldn’t know about it otherwise, then I’ll stare in amazement and hand you a halo.

As to the FB/Twitter button, that’s easily removed by downloading Greasemonkey and using this plug in. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/85105  It works immediately and lo and behold you can simply press enter again without having to skip.

As for me? I very rarely friends lock, and it’s usually because I want to have a personal whine about me, which I think most people won’t be interested in. I don’t give a rat’s arse if you post your comments on my LJ on your FB/Twit page – although why on earth would you want to, and who the hell would be interested?

In other news, I finally read my first Josh Lanyon book The Dark Farewell, and really liked it!  I shall read more of you, Lanyon, so be warned! :D

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Comments

[sionnain.livejournal.com]

f you have people who will deliberately post your private stuff in public then they aren’t your friend, and basically, they could have done it at any point before now.

OMG YES.

I didn't realize that it didn't copy your post--I thought it really did that until I investigated and then I was like, "But....anyone could c/p their comment if they wanted...?"

It's a mystifying feature, but...don't use it. The end!

(Although the script only works for Firefox, I believe.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Another great reason for being Foxy. :)