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yappichick
02 September 2010 @ 08:03 am
What? You don't like your privacy taken? Neither do I...  
Found this at [livejournal.com profile] geeklikewoah 

You're probably all aware that Livejournal now allows you to repost comments to Facebook and Twitter. This is a very unpopular new feature. Firefox has an addon that hides the new Facebook / Twitter repost ticky boxes. But here's a little line of code you can use to make it so that no one, no matter what browser they're using, can repost comments.

.b-repost-item {display:none}


Here's what to do:

1. Go to Custom CSS in Customize Journal Style.

2. Copy and paste .b-repost-item {display:none} into the Custom stylesheet box and save changes.

Voila! As you can see the boxes are hidden on the comm now :)

FYI I did not write this but it was doing the rounds on my f-list and I encourage you to share it. 
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[identity profile] jeyla4ever.livejournal.com on September 3rd, 2010 02:53 pm (UTC)
Okay, I'm really dumb so this much i know...this is important.

Now slowly explain this to me please. I have lJ and I have twitter and I've just recently joined twitter with my photobucket account, but I don't want LJ connected with twitter.

Does this information affect me, then?
yappichick: Alice: Epic Fail[personal profile] yappichick on September 3rd, 2010 04:42 pm (UTC)
Ok, basically it's like this...

You make a post titled "Dude, I just totally stole candy from a baby!" and you make the post f-locked. I, in turn, write, "Dude! That's totally awesome! I stole candy from a baby last week too! It was a chocolate bar!"

Then, I click to share it on Twitter and Facebook. That means everyone who is connected with me there gets linked back to my comment. While the post itself is still locked (They can't read what's in the entry), they can read your username, the title of the post and my comment. And based on what my comment said, it can give away what you posted about.

And, if someone uses your name in the comment, then it wouldn't take someone that much of a guess to find out who you are in RL. And like I told Laura, I like to control the line between RL and fangirlness.
[identity profile] jeyla4ever.livejournal.com on September 3rd, 2010 10:29 pm (UTC)
Alright, so you didn't get it that I'm dumb. Okay.

So, if I get this straight....unless I click on the bottom of an entry that I want to repost it in twitter or facebook, all stays as is. Correct? or do I need to do something with my settings like you posted so that nothing gets shared anywhere unless I state it so?

Sorry, hon....I'm just not that smart when it comes to these things and like you, I don't care for LJ to share my entries on Twitter. So bare with me please. ;)
yappichick: Ice Cream[personal profile] yappichick on September 3rd, 2010 10:40 pm (UTC)
Well, yes, for you...but you still have the option open for people to post their comments (therefore linking to your post) to their Facebook and Twitter. That's the point of the CSS code.

So, in the example above, if you had an f-lock post and I replied, I could send the link to everyone in my Facebook. Everyone would be able to see my comment, your post title, and your username. (So, for example, if I said, "Oh, Sally, you're J/T artwork is so good!" Then everyone on my FB would know that Jeyla4ever is "Sally" and that you make J/T artwork and anyone on my FB could link my link in their FB.)
[identity profile] jeyla4ever.livejournal.com on September 3rd, 2010 11:09 pm (UTC)
AH.....so I don't want that. Must get that fixed! Thanks. I think I get it now.