Comments | lj_biz: Update on adult flagging concerns

theljstaff in lj_biz

Update on adult flagging concerns

Nov 30, 2007 17:15

We've been reading your comments and want to talk about some of the questions that have come up the most often. These are just the top things that we want to clarify and we'll update in more detail again next week if there's more that needs to be addressed ( Read more... )

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tinylegacies December 1 2007, 01:28:02 UTC

Thank you for these clarifications. They answer the concerns that I personally had with the system.

mitler December 1 2007, 01:28:04 UTC

Yeah, this is still silly.

biscayne December 1 2007, 01:41:51 UTC

I agree wholeheartedly.

phostar December 1 2007, 10:14:54 UTC

Agreed.

sophinisba December 2 2007, 05:42:03 UTC

Yup.

ex_severed_ December 1 2007, 01:28:41 UTC

That flag is too close to the 'Track This" flag and I suspect that it will be hit in error quite a bit since we are not used to this being there. What can one do to reverse this if it is done?

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ex_severed_ December 1 2007, 01:59:02 UTC

Thanks!

suzy_queue December 1 2007, 01:32:20 UTC

Try clicking on it. It takes you to a separate page where you then have to choose a ticky box and hit send. If you accidentally click it, just hit back on your browser and there's no harm done. There's more involved to flagging an entry than just hitting the flag icon.

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springheel_jack December 1 2007, 01:29:04 UTC

> Most importantly, logged in users over 18
> will not see any of the changes made by
> the settings of this program unless they choose to.

This doesn't seem to be right, because you've made "collapse" the default. As well as activating "safe search" by default.

thevelvetsun December 1 2007, 01:30:55 UTC

That annoyed me too, I had to go in and change my settings. I bet a lot of people didn't realize those were set automatically, because they never announced it. Nice job being transparent, LJ.

jigglypuff December 1 2007, 01:31:41 UTC

Don't you know? LJ are MASTERS OF STEALTH.

thevelvetsun December 1 2007, 01:34:22 UTC

Actually, scratch that. They did mention that searches would be filtered by default in the previous entry.

But that implies that all users 18+ don't want to see (or shouldn't be allowed to see) adult content, which is ridiculous. I don't want LJ's puritan morals being forced upon me. I'm 21 years old, damn it! >.>

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annotated_em December 1 2007, 01:29:12 UTC

These are vital clarifications, and I find it difficult to believe that LJ/6A didn't think of these before the feature went live, and that you folks didn't include this in the original release post ( ... )

intrepia December 1 2007, 01:40:16 UTC

They did mention it in yesterday's news post at http://news.livejournal.com/104319.html. (See the "New Settings & Flagging Tools" section.)

thevelvetsun December 1 2007, 01:43:35 UTC

They were sneaky though. The news post links to the main lj_biz page, but not to the specific entry. So in the future, people won't be able to find the specific entry about flagging. They wanted it to look like they were being open and transparent, but they really weren't. I think they think we won't notice these things or something. o.O

intrepia December 1 2007, 01:49:45 UTC

Oh, I didn't even think of that; I only thought as far as that the relevant entry would be the top one in lj_biz, so it wouldn't be hard for the people who came from the news post to find. But I agree that linking to the specific lj_biz entry is a good idea!

(Although, I think that mezi99360 makes a good point below - if someone cares about these things, it's probably a good idea for them to start watching lj_biz directly!)

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