LAS and LJ and stuff

[ratherastory]

Got my submission in for LAS just under the wire (since I have to leave in an hour). I wasn't especially inspired by the prompt, so I'm hoping that won't get me voted out of this round. Then again, even if my admittedly fragile writer's ego would take a blow, maybe it would be a blessing in disguise if I was voted out. I am clearly not mature enough to handle these "competitions" like a grown-up. :P

Anyway, I'm sure you've ALL heard/seen about LJ's new BFF policy with Facebook and Twitter. I would very much appreciate it if you'd all show me the courtesy of not reposting my content anywhere without my express permission. I'm sure you are all awesome and weren't planning on it, but this is a preemptive measure.

I don't have that many tags with "/" as a character, but I do hope LJ fixes that bug soon. It's a pain for the comms I'm in.

Comments

[wave-obscura.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard. What BFF policy? WHAT IS HAPPENING?

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

LJ now has a "share" feature or whatever that allows you to cross-post your stuff AND other people's content on Facebook and Twitter. That includes LJ entries and comments, AND comments on f-locked entries. That means if someone quotes your f-locked entry and then cross-posts their comment, your f-locked content is thus broadcast to the internet at large.

FAIL.

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

Gah! This is the sort of thing that makes me feel all twitchy and paranoid and fills me with the compulsion to donate money to the EFF.

Crossposting friends-locked stuff is bad, and it's the kind of "you must share EVERYTHING" attitude that has me giving FB the evil eye.

But even if it were just public posts- it's the facebook part that really gets under my skin because of how much control has been stripped out of it and the way it ties to RL. Facebook doesn't recognize the need to divide our lives (and our friends/family/acquaintances/coworkers) into different spheres. It ignores all the contextual subtleties of human relationships. And now, by getting in bed with Facebook, so does LJ. Gah. I need LJ to be in a different sphere. Both as a space to indulge in some shameful, guilty pleasures but also as a place where I can comment on my life or whatever without worrying about how it'll play in peoria (so to speak).

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yes, THIS!

I have another LJ for real-life purposes. I DON'T under any circumstances want any of my fandom stuff to cross over into my RL.

I have WORK people who know about my other LJ and about my Facebook (although I haven't touched it since 2007 or so), and I have no desire for them to come and meddle in my fandom affairs.

This is my safe place, dammit!