OK, things I've learned in the last 10 minutes (FB/LJ)

[moominmuppet]

Comments in locked posts will share to FB if prompted, but because of the character limit, and because the link for the rest of the text is to a locked post, you can only see the beginning of anything lengthy and thoughtful enough to be worth sharing over (IMO). So I really hope LJ ditches that option suitably quickly. There's just too much room for accidental badness otherwise.

Posting comments over to FB means that each comment shows as its own post. That would get annoying damned fast, especially without the other peoples' comments and without the comment nesting. Better to leave that option off, and just let people read the comments at the source if they choose.

On the positive side, the new manner in which my main posts port over is definitely preferable to the old "Import Into Notes" thing. It's almost immediate, it shows as an actual status update (I think), and it links people back to the original post, rather than just the Notes version, so folks won't miss the comment discussions. Also, it appears that people can now comment on my LJ posts using their Facebook sign-in. Could someone who's on FB and not LJ try commenting on my previous "Linkety-Linkety (and first test of new FB/LJ link)" post to let me know if that works?

Comments

[sylvanfae]

Not a status. An app-published link. ;) It won't replace your last status message, but it will publish to the feed.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks, good to know. Frustrating, though. To my friends who only view the status message view, I generally seem totally absent over there. OK, maybe that's fair, since I generally am relatively absent.