Indication of Custom Friends Groups on Entries

[janinedog]

Hi guys! One feature that many of you have wanted for a very long time is some indication when entries are posted to custom friends groups. Right now, these entries show the normal Friends-only lock icon, so neither the poster nor the viewers of the entry know that the entry is filtered (the poster can find out by editing the entry, but not by

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[tajasel]

Anyone who can see the entry, namely because I know a lot of people who use filters (myself included) tend to say in the entry "this is filtered, don't talk about it even to those you know to be on my friends list because they might not actually be on the filter" in the entry and it gets kinda tedious to say that everytime you filter an entry.

It would just be more useful all round if there was an icon to indicate it - people tend to check for a padlock, so if there is a dedicated icon (though I wouldn't know what to suggest as a suitable one) for filtered entries, then those making the entry wouldn't have to say "don't talk about it" each time.

[velvetchamber]

Although a lot of people (and I am one of them) never notice the locked icon.

[tajasel]

I don't notice it per se, but I would assume if someone was thinking of mentioning the contents of another person's journal to somebody else, they would check for lock status - if an entry is locked, it can generally be assumed you shouldn't talk about it to other people.
Thus, having a dedicated symbol would help this further, because if you see a regular padlock, you know it is only friendslocked, so you know it is okay to talk to someone on the friends list, whereas if you see the filter icon, you know it is filtered.

[velvetchamber]

I think it depends a lot on people's habits. Some people, or even cultures, may be more likely to keep this in mind than others. I personally don't think much of what is locked and what not, even though I keep nearly all of my journal locked.

Not to mention the fact that having a mandatory separate filtered icon opens up a can of worms when it comes to drama. If every filtered entry were identifiable as such, some people might go out of their way to talk about it to all and any, just to see who is filtered in and who not. But then again, every little thing in one way or another affecting people's conception of privacy is a good drama generator.

[tajasel]

every little thing in one way or another affecting people's conception of privacy is a good drama generator.

Uh. LiveJournal is a good drama generator. The Internet is not for taking seriously.

[velvetchamber]

No, not LiveJournal itself. Some of the users on the other hand.

It actually sounds (or as far as text can sound) that you are taking me more seriously than I mean to come across, but then again, perhaps I am taking you more seriously than you mean to come across. Such is the downside of written communication.

[amanda]

Yes - I do exactly the same as you. Mostly because a lot of my friends are friends with each other - but not all of them get included in my filters, so I need to point out that it's filtered and not talk about the content of the entry outside of that entry. So I'd prefer the option of letting anyone who can see the entry see that it's a filtered entry.

[surrey_sucks]

Unfortunately, some of my "friends" have been stupid enough to mention very personal things in non-filtered entries! You'd think they would realize to only talk about the filtered subject in the entries about it!

A nice compromise would be the option of allowing people to see whether or not the entry is filtered, and what the filter name is.