LJGATE 2010

[charliesmum]

I agree that the cross-posting thing is stupid. That said, if someone has the need to cross post their entries on their LJ to their Twitter or Facebook account, then I guess it's nice that they can.

I choose not to do that. FB is not the same as LJ for me.

The option that they included where one can post a comment one makes on someone else's entry is just illogical. Why would someone want to do that?

If, for example, one of my friends posts something about, oh, let's say a book she read, and I post 'oh, I read that, It was silly' - that's me having a discussion with that friend. Why on earth would I want my FB people to see a post from me that says 'oh, I read that, it was silly'? It wouldn't make sense to the FB friends, because they're not part of that conversation, and it's not like I ever say anything so earth shattering that I will feel the need to spread it to every Social Networking Site in the universe.

And...this is the important bit - cross-posting a comment is a choice. It does not happen automatically. Only if the commenter wants to, will the comment be cross-posted, and judging by everyone's reactions, that's never going to happen; at least not amongst my LJ friends.

So...LJ did something stupid, yes, because of this need to keep up with trends (I told someone recently that I had an LJ and got a reaction that was along the lines of 'oh, that's so Ninties'), and it's dumb, and hopefully they will listen and at least lose the cross-posting comments option but it's just that, an option.

In conclusion, I'm not too fussed, because I know you guys won't cross post my lj to your FB or Twitter without my permission, and I know you know that I will offer you the same courtesy. Because you all are awesome like that.

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Comments

[pinguthegreek.livejournal.com]

See, I think of these two places as separate. Facebook is much more public and less easily controlled by me, so I would not put certain things on there. LJ connecting with FB does not make me happy at all.

[placeboweek.livejournal.com]

I'm not thrilled with this whole, "Post your comment on Facebook" thing, either. I think it'd be a way for people to start drama. I don't want some of my Facebook friends to even know I have a livejournal.

[drakonlily.livejournal.com]

<3 Yeah, it's a bit of a pain, but really... nothing I can do to stop it from going on. It would be nice to remove the option as I don't have a facebook and so it's a little silly for me to see the option to post it to an account that doesn't exist. Oh well though!

[purplemer3.livejournal.com]

I agree entirely. I use LJ and Facebook for entirely different purposes and cannot imagine a scenario in which I would want to cross-post either entries or comments.

It's reassuring that only you can cross-post your own entries and your own comments. But it's frightening that your LJ friends can cross-post their comments to your entries. The point that I'm stuck on is whether this feature is automatic or not. Do you know?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

It is not automatic - they would have to choose to do it every time; at least that's how I understand it.