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*frowns at page*
Feb. 7th, 2008 03:57 pm*poke* what what what is this thing now defiling the top of my journal? *pokes*
What is this LJ-explore? Whyfor is it linking me to random journals of random people I don't give a damn about? When did I sign up for this crap? It's bad enough I'm dreading the virulent pink banner of sacchirine doom to desecrate the page any time now, without this.
Oh dear... has my lapsed attention to my friends list caused me to miss a news post? Oh dear oh dear, has LJinflicted another massive screw up on us that I am going to hate? brought out a new "interesting" feature?
*checks news* Oh, yes yes it has it seems.
*le sigh* in case you missed it like I did people the link is here http://news.livejournal.com/105711.html
Apparently there's a way to opt out (which, btw, means if you DID miss it you've all opted in. Enjoy!)
Frankly it's not high on my concern list and frankly if random people are reading my journal more power to them. if they were desperate sekrit sekrit they'd be friends locked or, y'know, not posted on the INTERNET for the potential perusal of millions of people (and you know you all want to peruse me :P) but I do think it's a waste of time and effort. Read you're friends list et al and looking for something to do? Well, a) get a HOBBY damn it! And b) can't we alreayd search by interests anyway? I mean if I desperately desperately wanted to find someone's journal to read on LJ and had read all my friends list (hah! keeping up with my friends list is something i am failing on atm). I mean, it's not liek LJ hasn't got something BETTER to do like address the many many many many concerns about its flagging system, deletions et al.
But let's take this time for a fun wager: how long until LJ explore manages to link all of these bored people to some none friends-locked, lurid Harry Potter/Hippogryph porn? ESPECIALLY since their selection systems seems rather broken and just about any subject can appear in any category. And then there will be a screaming of righteousness and deletions followed by a howling of "well no-one ASKED you to invite the world into my back garden, damn it" and then the drama will raise high and there will be cat macros and care police and a gnashing of grammar.
What is this LJ-explore? Whyfor is it linking me to random journals of random people I don't give a damn about? When did I sign up for this crap? It's bad enough I'm dreading the virulent pink banner of sacchirine doom to desecrate the page any time now, without this.
Oh dear... has my lapsed attention to my friends list caused me to miss a news post? Oh dear oh dear, has LJ
*checks news* Oh, yes yes it has it seems.
*le sigh* in case you missed it like I did people the link is here http://news.livejournal.com/105711.html
Apparently there's a way to opt out (which, btw, means if you DID miss it you've all opted in. Enjoy!)
Frankly it's not high on my concern list and frankly if random people are reading my journal more power to them. if they were desperate sekrit sekrit they'd be friends locked or, y'know, not posted on the INTERNET for the potential perusal of millions of people (and you know you all want to peruse me :P) but I do think it's a waste of time and effort. Read you're friends list et al and looking for something to do? Well, a) get a HOBBY damn it! And b) can't we alreayd search by interests anyway? I mean if I desperately desperately wanted to find someone's journal to read on LJ and had read all my friends list (hah! keeping up with my friends list is something i am failing on atm). I mean, it's not liek LJ hasn't got something BETTER to do like address the many many many many concerns about its flagging system, deletions et al.
But let's take this time for a fun wager: how long until LJ explore manages to link all of these bored people to some none friends-locked, lurid Harry Potter/Hippogryph porn? ESPECIALLY since their selection systems seems rather broken and just about any subject can appear in any category. And then there will be a screaming of righteousness and deletions followed by a howling of "well no-one ASKED you to invite the world into my back garden, damn it" and then the drama will raise high and there will be cat macros and care police and a gnashing of grammar.