I just did that yesterday or the day before, and it was an oversight on both mine and the other person's parts. Once someone pointed it out to me, we fixed it.
I hate when people link to locked stuff. It's rude because the people they're trying to share with can't access the stuff, so it might feel exclusionary, or at the very least if you click on it means you want to see it, and your hopes get crushed a little when you can't see it.
If you're gonna link to a locked post, indicate that it's locked. Or when people post in communities and say that their fic is linked to their locked journal, that annoys the hell out of me. I want to read people's stories, but I'm not going to beg for the privilege.
It's really aggravating. I don't know if they want extra friends or what. I know there's concern about people finding your fic, or the latest LJ PURGE OF DOOM, but sometimes it sounds like "Friend me and read my fic/look at my arts!" I personally keep those posts open so they can read if they want without having to make some sort of commitment.
I had that happen to me with an icon post in a community. Seriously, if you're only making them for friends (and that in itself doesn't bother me) why promote it to a community?
People do that in icon comms All. The. Time. It is made of fail. I am not going to friend your stupid icon journal just for the privilege of viewing your icons, no matter how good (you think) you are. Whore yourself out in public like the rest of us and deal with the fact that people don't comment.
*GRIN* Of course not...I was going to leave a polite little note, explaining why I thought it was rude but decided that the person probably wouldn't care, and I'm not the LJ Mom.
My attitude is that you should only put on the web something you're OK with everyone seeing (well, after you put up proper warnings so nobody gets squicked accidentally), especially something that IS meant to be consumed. Also, many people go a long time without logging in so even if they are your friends, they may never see that particular entry. You basically cut into your audience right off the bat.
I really don't like it when communities post links to locked fics. If people don't want their fic read, don't rec them to a community. I'm not going to beg anyone to read something they're writing. It happens a lot in the communities I watch. :frowns:
But this is different--this is posting and saying that your entry is locked--which I didn't see at first. *koff* Kind of not until I started bitching about it, actually.
Oh my God. SO ANNOYING. There's fic in QAF fandom that I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO READ - but I refuse to ask to be friended. It's the principle of the thing!
probably , why it annoys about 99% of all readers, who sees that? because you have to ask , before you can see their work?
for two years now, I have got a policy: I dont mind asking them, but also make crystal clear, I wont friend anyone back , just to be able to see their flocked or communitylock art, fic or whatever. What I do is, I promise that person, there will be comments and feedback from me, on stuff that interests me. I will not friend them back though. If they can live with that, I would be more than happy if they friend me and give me access to their artwork. if not, then not.
from the reactions, I can see, if that person does it out of vanity and just to have a big number of people friending them to boast their ego, or if they just do the flocked to protect their stuff, either from being stolen or all kinds of legal hassle with porn and slash and underage stuff.
so far, it works with most people, i have met, who have flocked LJ for their stuff.
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:)
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*HUGS*
you can do no wrong! *beams*
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So they did it on purpose? Well! *huffs*
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If you're gonna link to a locked post, indicate that it's locked. Or when people post in communities and say that their fic is linked to their locked journal, that annoys the hell out of me. I want to read people's stories, but I'm not going to beg for the privilege.
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Heee! your icon!!
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Not that I'm bitter or anything. ::cough::
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Of course not...I was going to leave a polite little note, explaining why I thought it was rude but decided that the person probably wouldn't care, and I'm not the LJ Mom.
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If I had my way only public links would be allowed in fic and icon communities, it's getting ridiculous with icon posts especially.
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why is it annoying me?
because you have to ask , before you can see their work?
for two years now, I have got a policy: I dont mind asking them, but also make crystal clear, I wont friend anyone back , just to be able to see their flocked or communitylock art, fic or whatever.
What I do is, I promise that person, there will be comments and feedback from me, on stuff that interests me.
I will not friend them back though.
If they can live with that, I would be more than happy if they friend me and give me access to their artwork. if not, then not.
from the reactions, I can see, if that person does it out of vanity and just to have a big number of people friending them to boast their ego, or if they just do the flocked to protect their stuff, either from being stolen or all kinds of legal hassle with porn and slash and underage stuff.
so far, it works with most people, i have met, who have flocked LJ for their stuff.