Re: LJ/Twitter/FB crap

[flyboy_fox]

Okay, well, first off I don't really give a shit if anyone crossposts comments made in my posts to Twitter or FB. I don't see why anyone would want to, but it matters not to me. I don't make Friends Only posts except for in extreeeemely rare cases (and at that, mostly just personal memos), so my privacy isn't at stake here. Most people here know my FB account anyway.

HOWEVER. LiveJournal fucked up big time with this. There's people who DO care if their stuff is crossposted. There's people whose privacy WILL be violated and who ARE worried. I've seen a lot of concern on my Friends List and noticed the inevitable "I'm [such-and-such] over at DreamWidth". So... just in case, I'm over at DW now too, under the same name (flyboy_fox). Jut got done importing all my crap over there.

I don't intend to leave LJ unless there really is a mass exodus, but eh. Best to be prepared because LJ sure is screwing up royally with its userbase lately :D

Bleh, rotten mood >_> *Goes to be generally growly and moody at people and things*

Comments

[carriepika.livejournal.com]

Well... I've read through the two specific entries you linked and they talk a lot about what pingbacks are doing but... there's no explaination of what they actually are?

I'm honestly not sure what they even are, what they do, where you see them, etc... =C

[djtifabal.livejournal.com]

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

Scroll down to see it, "Open" and "Disabled" are the options.

Pingbacks in simple : If "Open" is the option you have 'checked', LJ will email you if someone links an entry of yours in their personal LJ/community. That's the gist of it. I personally have them disabled.

ETA; Paidmembers post & a news posts (though the news posts don't say much on them.)

[rainsingingwolf.livejournal.com]

Pingbacks let people know when they link to your profile/LJ/specific entry. People will also know when you linked to them when you use this function. What's happening is that even though people have these turned off, it's still occurring. So people who aren't supposed to be on a particular filter are getting sent emails that contain the journal entries or comments telling them they've been linked by somebody else.