FB? Twitter? Mommy Needs A Tosh or Scotty, Please!

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I come back to my LJ after months to some announcement that some tweeting, peeping function is back? LJ friends out there, this mommy is still trying to figure out buying stuff for Back to School, fancy techno LJ stuff does not compute!

Translation: What's going on? Should I be worried? Help!

Technically and Grammatically Inept,
mommy

Comments

[teachwriteslash.livejournal.com]

Hi hon - essentially, LJ has opened access to postings and comments (even comments on locked posts) to users of Twitter, Facebook and other sites. So, say you posted a locked posts about the kiddies and someone commented. They could then Tweet that comment. While the Twitter or FB folks can't see the actual entry, they can see the comment (which might tell them what the entry was), they can comment (which defeats the purpose of disabling annonymous comments), and the "access denied" message includes a link to recent entries on your journal.

This is not restricted to comments (though it's easier from there). On every entry, there is a function called 'share this' that lets people do the same thing. The biggest issue is that there is not a way to turn off this feature at our end - an opt out.

Now, as to whether you should be worried ... well, that's really up to you. If you've completely kept your personal life and LJ life separate, I would not worry too much. In my case, I'm in a profession where it would not just be hugely embarassing for posts to be found but it could cost me clients. That's why I made the switch - just a greater sense of security and control. That is why many people are switching.