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shiegra: The infamous cleolinda put herself up as a guinea pig for LJ's cross-posting integration with Facebook and Twitter.
What happens is pretty much not cool. At all.
That's not that bad, you say? Further details on how NOT FUCKING COOL this is.
Don't wanna read links? Okay, then here's the most important part that pertains to you and only you - Something that LJ completely neglects to mention is that connecting your FB and LJ will result in your full name (from Facebook) being posted on your profile (in Livejournal). So anyone randomly tooling through LJ who inadvertently (or intentionally) stumbles upon your profile can see your full name and will be linked to your Facebook profile. They don't even have to have an LJ account. It's entirely visible to the public.
Bottom line is, if you're not cool with it, best not activate this garbage. The biggest problem is that LJ really should make this information easily accessible to everyone UP FRONT, rather than glossing over the details in a news post.
Srs bsns aside, I don't know why I expect myself to adhere to any sort of regular posting schedule around here. I'm an optimist, I suppose. I'M STILL OWING YOU GUYS MY EXTRA 2 WEEKS OF POSTING IN SEPTEMBER. I have plans to post something drabble-y and short later today. God willing.
SRS BSNS UPDATE: (viashiegra again) More from cleolinda on what this means and why we should care. Just in case you're still on the fence or can't see what the fuss is about.
In my dealings with Facebook, all's I got to say (their business practices aside) is that it really is great for networking and connecting/hooking up with old friends and the like, but even so there are really creepy people hanging out there as well. Yes, there are creepy people everywhere, LJ included. But anything that enables creeps to continue being creepy, or worse, creepier, should really be scrutinized before anyone blindly decides to sign on for this shit. So exercise caution.
shiegra: The infamous cleolinda put herself up as a guinea pig for LJ's cross-posting integration with Facebook and Twitter.What happens is pretty much not cool. At all.
That's not that bad, you say? Further details on how NOT FUCKING COOL this is.
Don't wanna read links? Okay, then here's the most important part that pertains to you and only you - Something that LJ completely neglects to mention is that connecting your FB and LJ will result in your full name (from Facebook) being posted on your profile (in Livejournal). So anyone randomly tooling through LJ who inadvertently (or intentionally) stumbles upon your profile can see your full name and will be linked to your Facebook profile. They don't even have to have an LJ account. It's entirely visible to the public.
Bottom line is, if you're not cool with it, best not activate this garbage. The biggest problem is that LJ really should make this information easily accessible to everyone UP FRONT, rather than glossing over the details in a news post.
Srs bsns aside, I don't know why I expect myself to adhere to any sort of regular posting schedule around here. I'm an optimist, I suppose. I'M STILL OWING YOU GUYS MY EXTRA 2 WEEKS OF POSTING IN SEPTEMBER. I have plans to post something drabble-y and short later today. God willing.
SRS BSNS UPDATE: (via
shiegra again) More from cleolinda on what this means and why we should care. Just in case you're still on the fence or can't see what the fuss is about.In my dealings with Facebook, all's I got to say (their business practices aside) is that it really is great for networking and connecting/hooking up with old friends and the like, but even so there are really creepy people hanging out there as well. Yes, there are creepy people everywhere, LJ included. But anything that enables creeps to continue being creepy, or worse, creepier, should really be scrutinized before anyone blindly decides to sign on for this shit. So exercise caution.
