LJ and privacy
Facebook doesn't have a monopoly on doing funky things with privacy; LJ is at it too. For those not clicking through: you can now have LJ automatically cross-post your entries and comments, including comments made on other people's locked entries, to other sites. Sometimes comments reveal context even without the original entry being available. That strikes me as problematic, because we are not all completely careful all of the time.
So just to clarify:
1. I do not have Facebook or Twitter accounts.
2. I don't knowingly violate others' trust; if you locked it I'm not going to leak it. I have this "feature" turned off.
3. While I realize that anything on the net isn't really secure and I take that into account when posting, I do occasionally post locked entries. I do so with the expectation that such information will stay here. Please respect that.
I know some of my friends are talking about migrating to Dreamwidth. I staked out a journal there when they started last year. Thus far I haven't done anything with it, but if you're there please feel free to let me know. As more people migrate it becomes a higher priority to read a subscription list there, too.
So just to clarify:
1. I do not have Facebook or Twitter accounts.
2. I don't knowingly violate others' trust; if you locked it I'm not going to leak it. I have this "feature" turned off.
3. While I realize that anything on the net isn't really secure and I take that into account when posting, I do occasionally post locked entries. I do so with the expectation that such information will stay here. Please respect that.
I know some of my friends are talking about migrating to Dreamwidth. I staked out a journal there when they started last year. Thus far I haven't done anything with it, but if you're there please feel free to let me know. As more people migrate it becomes a higher priority to read a subscription list there, too.