They're not -quite- at it again, but it's still annoying

[soc_puppet]

Quick heads up for those who don't have campersfuckoff friended/are otherwise unaware, you might want to take a look at this post. Yes, you can ignore the serious poll. (Anyone know how to do this for comms? 'Cuz I'm stumped. Never mind! the_lj_herald to the rescue ♥)

Comments

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

copperbadge had this up on his LJ last night. I've already opted out on both of my LJs and the 3 comms that I mod. ^^;;

... so.... paranoia kicking in. Does opting out really opt you out? #^^#

[soc_puppet]

It damn well better, pardon my French.

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

I heard the public outcry, yes.

SIGH. OH EL JAY.

[soc_puppet]

Very sigh. But then, what other service would house CFUD?

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

There are others, probably. But LJ is the one I'm most comfortable with because it's so userfriendly-esh.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

So what is it they are doing?

Spying on who visits your page? :?

[soc_puppet]

They're going to be looking more closely into who goes where/clicks what links and the stuff they use to get there. So it's something like tracking your history or watching you surf over your shoulder? They say it'll only be for a random sampling (5%) of journals, but there's a lot that I don't trust about that.

[soc_puppet]

Makes sense. Though I still worry about how customer-unfriendly-ish it's getting.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

I think I've got mixed feelings about this.

On the one hand, it's spying, on the other, it's obviously in an attempt to understand LJ usage better, which is really something they need to get a grip on, seeing the recent setbacks. *sigh*

... Am feeling a bit peeved at lj_biz being the real place for important updates from LJ now. |c/

[soc_puppet]

I dunno, I figure it's more to better target ads than to understand us better.

Sotrue. Learning things like that is why I've got The Herald friended.