explain please?

[roxy]

I'm a little confused about the facebook/LJ posting thing--don't you have to make a choice to cross post? It's not automatic, right? I ask because I've always been rather clueless about how this whole thing happens. I much prefer to keep that FB thing separate from this because while almost everybody on my side knows what my hobby is, nobody on Mr. R's side knows and it's none of their business and plus, I'd like to avoid the inevitable disowning.

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[ferdalump.livejournal.com]

This is the best post I've seen explaining what the buttons do and don't do.

But hopefully LJ will just change the whole thing soon enough since everyone is rioting. :\

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that was very helpful! I see now that I won't accidentally out someone! ;)

[ferdalump.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. I know there's been a lot of false information circling around and a lot of people really panicking and worrying. Hopefully things will get sorted out and people will be able to relax soon.

And heee, yeah, always good to not out people (or be outed yourself.) ;)

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

That post explains it and here's the way to shut most of it off. Borrowed from one of the comms I'm on.

1. Go to Journal > Journal Style

2. Go to Customize your theme

3. Go to Custom CSS

4a. Copy and paste .b-repost-item {display:none} (make sure you're just getting the bolded text) into the Custom stylesheet
b. You might have to change one or more of the Yes/No boxes above the stylesheet in order to get it to work

5. Save changes

***Important to note: This will only work if people are viewing your journal or comm in your style. If they're viewing it in their style or light mode, it'll still show up. This just hides the feature, so if their default setting is to NOT automatically post, they won't be able to post. It also runs the risk where if someone has their default setting to automatically post, they won't be able to choose NOT to post.

It also won't help if you have a basic account since your entries won't be the same stylesheet as your journal.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Okay! Thank you for the info! :)

[theatervine.livejournal.com]

You can choose to cross post other people's journal information with or without their permission.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

wow, that sounds like it would be a bad person thing to do!

[theatervine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Share This feature has been around for a while and that's not the problem, the problem is if you've f-locked a post someone else can still crosspost a reply, which doesn't seem like a big deal until you think about the fact that if someone on their FB clicks the link to see the original post.
I get what LJ is trying to do but it wasn't very well thought out.