I'm copying this image from Fraulinefive:


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A friends' list is NOT a FEED.

And the new theme you are insisting that I use while posting and looking at my FEED list is butt-ugly.

ETA: Anyone who wants to bitch out LJ for the unannounced revamp of things that weren't broken, go here.

From LJ's News:

We've disabled the ability to cross-post comments on privacy-protected entries and screened comments for non-Cyrillic users. If you've opted into Cyrillic services, you'll still be able to cross-post protected and screened comments. (If you recently opted into Cyrillic services to purchase custom userheads, you can opt out and ( Read more... )

So here's what LJ is doing about the Facebook stuff.

I clicked on the Share This! on one of my recent posts on LJ. This button cannot be turned off, by the way. Let me repeat that. It cannot be turned off. I've tried ( Read more... )

If you're one of those who still isn't sure why the link between Facebook, LJ and Twitter is a problem and who thinks that people are just overreacting, go to the link below.
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Seems that in addition to the Facebook-Twitter mess--which I'm sure no member of LJ's staff is going to respond to before Tuesday at least, as it is now the Friday before Labor Day weekend in America, and Labor Day weekend is legally a three-day weekend there, not to mention the people who turn it into a four- or five-day weekend-- the Evil LJ ( Read more... )

For those who think that LJ is going to back down on the Facebook-Twitter debacle, check this out:

After Facebook and Livejournal, Russia Buys Twitter

It really shows you where their priorities lie.

To render the little Facebook/Twitter boxes invisible (so that you can't even accidentally cross-post), you can either:

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For those who are still trying to figure out what the Facebook-Twitter linkage means in real terms, cleolinda did some experimenting to find out.

Her discoveries are here. (Link posted with her permission.)

All I can say is please, PLEASE don't crosspost any of your comments to my posts to Facebook or Twitter. If I wanted to post my stuff either place, I would do so. I don't want to. I would prefer to keep the three areas separate, thank you.

Tying Facebook and Twitter to LJ is one option that I know I never wanted, and that no one I know was asking ( Read more... )