I have a question about Livejournal. Bear with the stoopidhead for a minnit. My friends-lock used to be eyes only, friends-only, group(s)-only, and none. Now I have Default (which I have no idea whether I set the default, or LJ does, and if I do, how?), None, Anonymous only, By non-friends, and All comments. I have a headache, which is making my thinking particularly opaque. All I want to do is friends-lock this entry. How?
You're looking at your screen comments settings. The entry locking is right above it, and hasn't changed.
Beverly, I posted about your LJ problem on Bitches. I hope it's helpful.
Yes, thank you dears, problem solved. The relief at having it solved is overwhelming, and overshadows my embarrassment at being such a dummy.
Tell me I'm not the only one who can't see the obvious, at least sometimes?
Bev, I just got given two months of paid access (which is amazing on every level, since I was already paid through November) by someone I barely know but like very much. And I still can't figure out how to link the user, so I can thank her properly and publicly.
Hell, I can still barely figure out why the b.org HTML dislikes me so much.
Tell me I'm not the only one who can't see the obvious, at least sometimes?
Totally not. I've been using LJ cut tags for months and months, and I still mess them up a good 50% of the time.
And I still can't figure out how to link the user, so I can thank her properly and publicly.
The code you want is <lj user="username">.
Off to thank romanyg for a completely unexpected gift. See, bev? You are definitely not the only one.
Dana, I *always* mess up the cut tags.
OT, but since LiveJournal has already come up here, I've got a question. (Just got sucked into the LJ thing and am still learning...)
What is the etiquette of adding someone to your "friends" list? I'd like to friend a few journalers I read often, to make it easier to keep up with new entries, but I don't know any of them from a hole in the ground. Is it accepted that perfect strangers might friend you, or is it considered a little skeevy?
It's accepted. LJ is working on separating the concept of "friends" (people I know intimately and who are allowed to read my private entries) and "reading list" (peoples whose journals I find interesting), but at the moment the two are intertwined in the friendslist. I friend several people who don't friend me, simply because they don't know me from Adam's off ox.
But, you can make "custom" Friends -- or a "custom friends list" -- which means that you can send things to people that, for example, you wouldn't want everyone in all the communities you are a member of to read.
