Icon speaks for us all, I think.

[elisi]

I'm sure you've all heard about LJs latest round of fail. How do they do it? I mean, every single time, they get things just *spectacularly* wrong. ::shakes head:: ETA: news post here, if you want to know what's going on/complain. (I like the pingback thing though. That seems nifty.)

I guess it's fitting that #36 of s8 comes out today. Wtf-ery seeks wtf-ery. Am currently v. pleased that I never got a Facebook or signed up for Twitter.

Oh, and I almost forgot - if anyone wants a Dreamwidth invite, I've got a handful. (Not that I'm about to migrate, but...)

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[elisi]

I have yet to make a post on LJ that would fit on Twitter, so...
LOL! Ain't that the truth for all of us!

It is funny though, that now that Facebook use is actually ebbing away in their desired demographic they make it easier to post there!
Rather. And tons of people crosspost from Dreamwidth (because you can't from LJ), why didn't they work on that?

But the comment thing? What sense does that make? And yes, it opens up a whopping big can of worms.
I don't think 'sense' ever came into it...

All I can say is that LJ is obviously never thinking of fandom users when they do a lot of these things.
They really, really don't. *shakes head*

Especially because I tend to rec things well after I read or view them, I would welcome a way to notify all those recced that I've done so without having to go back and leave a message to that effect
::nods a lot::

[yourlibrarian]

Heh, even my comments are usually too wordy!

And tons of people crosspost from Dreamwidth (because you can't from LJ), why didn't they work on that?

Money, I'm sure. DW is a miniscule site compared to LJ (much less Facebook) and there's already a healthy number of people who use both sites. Yet I'd be willing to bet that in a random poll of LJ users maybe 1 out of 10 has heard of DW and maybe a quarter of those has gone so far as to look at it. Plus, as DW does not run ads there's no possible revenue to share there.

::nods a lot::

I know that one of the SPN rec communities has a policy of notifying individuals that they've been included in a post, but so far as I've seen they're the only ones. I can't help thinking that new LJ fandom people could also start tying into communities and other users more quickly by being able to follow how information gets distributed, though that probably won't happen because the notices are screened. It's hardly a new idea though, as most every blog out there has a trackback system which often links to other similar discussions.

[elisi]

Heh, even my comments are usually too wordy!
Same here. I even have a rambling icon...

Money, I'm sure.
Yeah, I think you're right.

I know that one of the SPN rec communities has a policy of notifying individuals that they've been included in a post, but so far as I've seen they're the only ones.
I've never really come across it, and I think it's a brilliant idea. Yay for LJ getting something right!