Livejournal's Facebooking Twitter Fail - Please Note

[snogged]

re-posted with idioticonion's permission.

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You'll probably see a lot of these kinds of posts in the next few days, but please can I ask that anyone commenting on my journal (including on f-locked posts) please not repost on Facebook or Twitter?

There's an almighty furor about the lack of opt-out on this new repost feature, because comments on a Real Life Facebook or Twitter account might give away people's more anonymous fandom identities.

While I've assembled some RL friends on this Journal, it is largely still a fandom journal in more ways than one. I do NOT want this to be associated with my Facebook account.

(Please repost this type message to your own account if necessary! Fight the man!)

Comments

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Does it repost the locked entry too?!? WTF

Glad I just decided to revive my DW journal.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm not totally sure what it all means.

I'm just certain that it's not good. Though I suppose if people aren't stupid and don't click on the little boxes, we won't have any problems.

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

Does it repost the locked entry too?!? WTF

I assume from the wording of the LJ admin post that it's just the comment. But a lot of people quote the original entry in their comments, and that's where the problem lies.

Especially for entries like fanfiction!

FFS Livejournal!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'll admit. I tend to keep my fanfiction public, but that doesn't mean I'm looking for it to show up on FB anytime soon.

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Yep, also the comment in itself could be about themes I would not want to find on facebook.

Fortunately I don't have any fandom people on my facebook account or rl friends on my lj, but it's extremely annoying that there is no way to really opt out of the feature.

[secondmezzanine.livejournal.com]

Not to mention it'll reveal your LJ username through the address.

No worries, snogged-- I'm with you.