Good lord, even Brammers has something to say about this - this is serious!!!
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No, kidding aside, I'm not on Facebook (although you know I am on Twitter), so I'm not overly concerned about privacy settings. But personally I think it's really stupid that they have to do it on the comments as well. I think on the new post page should be enough. (Even then, I'm slightly bothered by the way they seem to be jumping the bandwagon - following the so-called 'trend' - but I guess this is inevitable.)
Although... correct me if I'm wrong (and I definitely can be wrong about this) but I've always had the impression that LJ is a different animal altogether than the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and whatnot. I always see it something more like Wordpress - a blogging tool - but more social. And while LJ has plenty of communities, but I still think the way comms function differ greatly from, say, a group on FB. So I don't see why LJ should change so much to keep up with these trends. What are they aiming with them anyway? More users? More flexibility? More attention? I have no idea!
Anyway, the settings need to be fixed. The users should still get the option to display or not display these repost to FB and Twitter buttons!
Also, LJ always says that they did surveys and beta-testing with old and new users, but I don't think they really do it. If the number of hate comments directed at them is any indication, they really fail at market research. This baffles me.
Anyway. I can't believe I abandoned some 2700+ books out there in the selling floor, waiting to be displayed, to write this comment for you! XD
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:P
No, kidding aside, I'm not on Facebook (although you know I am on Twitter), so I'm not overly concerned about privacy settings. But personally I think it's really stupid that they have to do it on the comments as well. I think on the new post page should be enough. (Even then, I'm slightly bothered by the way they seem to be jumping the bandwagon - following the so-called 'trend' - but I guess this is inevitable.)
Although... correct me if I'm wrong (and I definitely can be wrong about this) but I've always had the impression that LJ is a different animal altogether than the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and whatnot. I always see it something more like Wordpress - a blogging tool - but more social. And while LJ has plenty of communities, but I still think the way comms function differ greatly from, say, a group on FB. So I don't see why LJ should change so much to keep up with these trends. What are they aiming with them anyway? More users? More flexibility? More attention? I have no idea!
Anyway, the settings need to be fixed. The users should still get the option to display or not display these repost to FB and Twitter buttons!
Also, LJ always says that they did surveys and beta-testing with old and new users, but I don't think they really do it. If the number of hate comments directed at them is any indication, they really fail at market research. This baffles me.
Anyway. I can't believe I abandoned some 2700+ books out there in the selling floor, waiting to be displayed, to write this comment for you! XD