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IP Tracking
Ok. Here it is. I HATE IT WHEN LJ TRACKS MY IP ADDRESS WHEN I COMMENT.
I understand that there are a lot of ways to figure out where I live, but IP tracking just give me a creepy-crawly feeling. It can get really, really specific, guys. And I'm anonymous online. I'm not comfortable handing out my location to total strangers, which most of you still are. I've met fandom people, and I'd love to meet all of you, but how about I don't give you my address until then?
There have been dozens of times in the past month that I've not commented on posts - on meta, on fic, on general stuff - because the comments were set to track my location.
I understand doing it for anonymous comments, and I understand doing it in communities or on journals where there has been extreme wank/trolling.
But otherwise, I'm logged in, I'm not a sock. I dislike the automatic distrust I'm given when my IP is tracked.
Commenting on fic tends to be my one big exception. I'll comment on fics even when my IP is logged, because comments mean the world to me and I want to give that appreciation to other people. But sometimes I can't even bring myself to do it for comments. And more than that, I hate having my IP tracked in communities. Who knows who the mod will be in a month?
I don't want to be the crazy person constantly PMing mods to ask them if they can turn it off, I'd rather just not comment and not participate. But guys? LJ is set to automatically log IPs now. Don't just let LJ's default settings dictate how you run your own space.
Ugh. The whole thing just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Maybe I'll start PMing my comments on fics instead.
I understand that there are a lot of ways to figure out where I live, but IP tracking just give me a creepy-crawly feeling. It can get really, really specific, guys. And I'm anonymous online. I'm not comfortable handing out my location to total strangers, which most of you still are. I've met fandom people, and I'd love to meet all of you, but how about I don't give you my address until then?
There have been dozens of times in the past month that I've not commented on posts - on meta, on fic, on general stuff - because the comments were set to track my location.
I understand doing it for anonymous comments, and I understand doing it in communities or on journals where there has been extreme wank/trolling.
But otherwise, I'm logged in, I'm not a sock. I dislike the automatic distrust I'm given when my IP is tracked.
Commenting on fic tends to be my one big exception. I'll comment on fics even when my IP is logged, because comments mean the world to me and I want to give that appreciation to other people. But sometimes I can't even bring myself to do it for comments. And more than that, I hate having my IP tracked in communities. Who knows who the mod will be in a month?
I don't want to be the crazy person constantly PMing mods to ask them if they can turn it off, I'd rather just not comment and not participate. But guys? LJ is set to automatically log IPs now. Don't just let LJ's default settings dictate how you run your own space.
Ugh. The whole thing just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Maybe I'll start PMing my comments on fics instead.