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[lagilman]

Y'know, one of the things I LIKED about Livejournal was that it didn't cater to the cross-posting craze. Now, as usual, they've gone and fucked that up, too.



(I don't mind sharing links to a post, but cross-posting comments? FFS, why?)

Comments

[jennielf.livejournal.com]

I am SO with you on this one.

I hate FB with a passion.

[thriae5.livejournal.com]

So true. FB is where I pretend to be normal. Why oh why would I want to cross-post???

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

Some people *like* re-reading the same post in three different social networking places?

No, really, I think they're afraid they might become irrelevant if they don't climb aboard the bandwagon.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

(I don't mind sharing links to a post, but cross-posting comments? FFS, why?)

Because some people believe everyone wants to see everything they have to say.

[lagilman]

I do selective cross-posting from Twitter to Facebook, because there are some things that do belong on both (new release or sales announcements, etc, or links-of-interest). But I'd never think of pulling a response or mid-thread comment and cross-posting it. That's just...huh?

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

I agree, but there's no underestimating Net Egotism.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I have an ironclad solution for my LJ -- no Facebook or Twitter accounts.

[lagilman]

I'm not linked to my accounts, either. But apparently people can now post their OWN comments (even on your LJ) to their accounts.

[there's still some controversy on if locked posts are protected. I would assume yes, since otherwise FB is letting themselves open to some Ugliness, but... they've also been amazingly stupid before]

[rosefox]

You can crosspost a comment on a locked entry, which will let the world know that the entry exists and may also reveal its subject line.

[lagilman]

if the owner of the post has turned off the crossposting, can someone still post from that? because if so? Facebook may be facing some privacy suits...

[rosefox]

You can turn off crossposting in the sense of not linking LJ to your own FB or Twitter account, but there is no setting that stops a commenter from crossposting comments made on your LJ.

[gonzai55.livejournal.com]

I have the same solution. We're probably the last two people on Earth not on Facebook or Twitter.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I think there's a whole family in Burkina Faso that doesn't have Facebook. Don't know about their Twitter status.

[lagilman]

For me, both Twitter and Facebook are useful tools, each with a distinct purpose. Livejournal.. well, I could replace it with a WordPress plugin on my website. I'd really rather not, but I could.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

Make that the last three...

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

And I'm looking for the setting in my LJ control panel to make this new feature go away and I can't find it. *pouts*

My LJ is my private place. I don't want to share ANYTHING on it with my FB crowd. Even by accident.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Swiped from ms_danson in issendai's journal.

1) Home
2) Profile tab --> Settings
3) Choose "Privacy" tab
4) Pingbacks is near the bottom choose "disable"

Everything else (facebook etc) is in the "Extensions" tab of settings.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Oh, I found all that and disabled everything there is to disable, but even so, the FB/Twit options STILL show up on my journal entries and comments. I wonder if I have to log out and log back in for them to take or something...

[rosefox]

The links are there but disabled even if you turn off crossposting.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Yep, logged out, logged back in, saw that. Hello, annoying.

[rosefox]

Greasemonkey script to kill them on Firefox:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/85105

[lagilman]

unfortunately, for those of us who don't routinely muck about in the 'scripts of our machines (code + dyslexia = ugly), there's no actual, y'know, instruction...

[rosefox]

If you use Firefox, click the big green "Install" button and the script will install itself. It just works. No mucking around necessary.

If you don't use Firefox, I can't help you. *)

[lagilman]

*sigh* I clicked install (and yes, using Firefox) but the reposting icons still appear...

[rosefox]

Did you get a pop-up that says "Do you really want to install this?" with a three-second countdown?

EDIT: Oh, and do you have the Greasemonkey extension installed? That would probably help. *)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748/

Install that extension, restart Firefox if necessary, and then try the script again.

[lagilman]

ok, this time I got the pop-up query. Excellent, thanks!

[rosefox]

Happy to help!

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Ditto on being with you on this one.

I think the timing is presenting itself well for my upcoming switch to a different platform.

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

I believe FB thinks they're the internet.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Not a clue why they have the comment thing. You'd think people on the receiving end of the conversation wouldn't want the double responses anyway!

As for FB... *sigh* I don't particularly want to be on it, but most of my local friends have moved to it instead of LJ, in some cases, it instead of email even. So if I want to be in on the loop, I need a FB acct, like it or not.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I don't facebook and twitter. I simply don't see the need. LAG, as a writer, you might need them for publicity, but for the "normal" person, it's simply not necessary.

[lagilman]

well, if normal folk weren't on FB abnd Twitter, then there'd be no use for me being there either, so...

(I don't know why people are so suspicious of social networks. Yeah, they can be timesinks.. but they're also just a lot of fun, and can be very useful for both work and social connections, just as advertised. It's not the tool, it's how you use it that matters)

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I'm not suspicious of social networks. I'm on eHQ, after all. BTW,I'm on LJ because I wanted to read your LJ, and it was easier to register than have to remember to post my name at the end of my posts.

[paulliver.livejournal.com]

I have a FB account because that's where my relative are, but it's mostly "I had an interesting day" or "I am in such and such a place" and stops there.

OMG, I had a boring day on FB!