(no subject)

[graculus]

Once again LJ forgets that people would rather opt in to stuff than opt out. From news we have this new gem about the new 'Explore' area of Livejournal where LJ is essentially aggregating everyone's posts:

"First of all, let us reassure you that the only entries that will ever appear in the explore areas are public entries. However, you will have a few options if you don't want a post of yours to be included in the explore areas. You can remove individual posts that are currently appearing in an explore area by clicking on the delete button next to that entry. This will not delete your entry from your journal; it will only remove it from appearing in that explore area. If you want all of your public entries to be excluded from the explore areas, you may opt-out by going to Viewing Options [http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/] and checking the box labeled "Explore Area Exclusion." Journal entries posted as private or friends-only are automatically excluded, but this will also exclude your public entries from the explore area."

Apparently there's no way of excluding non-locked community posts as a whole from this, because it's dependent on the individual settings of the people who post to that community... *sigh*

Comments

[beren-writes.livejournal.com]

It's crazy isn't it! I actually commented twince on the news item ... I doubt it'll make any difference though.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed that they actually bothered to mention it on news because this kind of crapola is normally hidden away on lj_biz, isn't it? ;)

[beren-writes.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're just playing with us ;)

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing. Have excluded myself. Honestly, it's daft that we need to actively do stuff like this.

[nialla]

I'm always amazed how much time they're spending on developing crap we don't want instead of working on stuff we might actually use. I guess they're trying to "compete" with MySpace, despite the fact that's a totally different audience, and there's nothing wrong with it being a different audience.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

how long has this been in effect?

I've noticed a slight amount of more traffic on the cover page of my LJ, and was wondering where it was coming from.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Apparently they have made it possible to exclude comms. unovis has posted about it. They must be insane - it's the only explanation!!