Frienditto

I'm passing this along. Most (98%) of my entries aren't friendslocked, but people should know not to use this service. If you do, your friendslocked posts could be available for all to read, as well as the friendslocked posts on your friendslist.

Where Frienditto has been publicly criticized, trolls have come forward to defend it. If trolls are the only defense for Frienditto, there's a red flag for you. I understand those trolls are connected to a comm called lj drama, which is connected Frienditto. Red flags number two and three.

Apparently the site asks you to give them your login and password. If that isn't a red flag... *shakes head*

Here is the response from LJ Abuse:

Dear user,

Frienditto is not affiliated with LiveJournal in any way. As such, this website does not have access to any entries which are not publicly viewable. If someone provides them with their LiveJournal username and password, however, it gives this site access to all non-public entries that account would have access to. We can only recommend that you do not provide your username and password to any person or website to ensure the security of your account.

Additionally, if you believe anyone on your Friends list may have provided their login information to this website, we can only advise that you remove them from your Friends list. This website will have access to your Friends-only entries as long as any person on your Friends list has given the site access. If any content is present on Frienditto which you do not wish to be there, you will need to resolve the issue with that website.

Regards,

Scott
LiveJournal Abuse Team

Here's the original post.

New rules for fanfic writers. Certain Stargate writers in particular.

After reading a certain fanfic, which no doubt is excellent despite its flaws but I couldn't continue:

1 - Never, ever tell us the obvious. No one reads fanfiction without at least a rudimentary knowledge of the show. Yes, we know Jack is a colonel. Yes, we know the general is crusty but friendly. If you absolutely must tell us these things, please, for the love of God, don't do it in exposition, which is dry, dry, dry. *hacks up exposition*

2 - You are allowed the occasional dash. You are not permitted to use it in your first paragraph, nor are you permitted to use more than one per paragraph. If you have dull, unimportant information to convey (see previous point), don't shout it with a dash - a dash is not a parenthesis, it emphasizes - instead please try another technique. Perhaps two sentences? Pretend you have a lifetime limit on the number of dashes you use and must save them for important occasions.

Thank you for your consideration.