locking query

[salixbabylon]

ok, so i'm still not back home yet, but ever since the last bout of asshatiness, i'm starting to consider options and insanejournal and semagic and crossposting and other stuff.

the easiest step would be locking my fics though. i've always resisted that because i think it sucks when people have to friend you (read: when i have to friend people) just to get to their fics. and i don't want the pain in the ass of having a fic journal separate from my real one, and it would have to be locked anyhow, so that's not really saving me a step and i'm all about the lazy.

so what i'm asking in my babbly way is - those of you reading, what do you think of locked vs unlocked journals? it will cover my ass a bit, but is it really worth the hassle?

discuss.

Comments

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is a tricky question, especially considering the latest developments in the LJ story. Locking would appear to be a good solution, but that wouldn't necessarily keep people out who are looking to hunt down what they think is child pornography (and apparently it won't keep the abuse team out). I don't mind asking to be added to someone's friends list. However, I don't like it when people make you feel you have to jump through hoops to be added (tell me about yourself and why you think we have something in common); that makes me uncomfortable and if they don't respond just makes you feel bad.

Having a back-up journal on one of the other sites is probably the easiest solution. Of course we have no way of knowing, but it seems to me they'd have a much harder time saying a piece of fiction has no artistic merit and banning someone for their writing versus the art work that has been singled out. Basically not terribly helpful. :-)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Having a back-up journal on one of the other sites is probably the easiest solution.

Agreed - and that's where I'm turning my attentions first, I think. Locking my journal won't help much, it seems, so why bother? Porn wants to be free! ;)

*hug*