LJ's been messing with default settings again

[starrylizard]

lavvyan summed up the shenanigans this time in her post here.

Basically LJ has set the default for all private journals and communities to screen comments from non-friends with links.

I suggest you check your settings if you disagree with these settings.

I've changed the setting already this morning for pretty much every community I have access to (including spn_vs_cops_fic, Rinne), so I hope the other mods are okay with that. You can change it back if not. :)

Comments

[lark_ascends]

I'm in two minds about it, considering the level of spam I've seen around. ;-) But, I'm changing the settings on most of my comms.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

It won't stop the spam anyway. Just hide it. I can't really see the point.

[lark_ascends]

Well, I guess it makes it less likely for people to click on the links if they are stupid enough to do it. *shrugs*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

And it'll hide links people leave that are totally on-topic and reasonable.

[lark_ascends]

Yeah. The non-friends for comms makes me go bwah? Non-members would make more sense for a default for that if they're going to change the default to screen some comments.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

non-friends? Did I miss something. Too tired now.

[lark_ascends]

:-) Yeah, there was multiple settings. Which non-friends doesn't make much sense for comms and that was what it was set as.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

damn, I thought it was just the one this morning. Grrr

[lark_ascends]

Okay, I think I've gotten both you and I confused...

What I was saying was that that one button could be set as non-friends, or non-members, etc. For comms, the first doesn't make much sense to me.