LJ: unintended consequences
I've discovered an unintended (I presume) consequence of LJ's changes to the default entry page: I can no longer report spam. Because of the new design I had to switch my style (because the font they chose is illegible to me). It turns out that this style does not show screened comments (annoying!). So to report spam I have to either unscreen and then report/delete, which makes the comment briefly visible, or I can just delete it from the "recent comments" page, which does not offer a "report as spam" option, or in principle I could invest a bunch of time trying to improve the style or find a new one (not gonna happen). So I will now just be deleting spam instead of reporting it. It's no skin off my nose -- I would have to handle each spam comment anyway -- but it reduces my ability to contribute to the public good, which makes me a little sad. Well, that'll have to be LJ's loss, not mine.