The crossposting-to-Facebook thing is so profoundly stupid I can't get mad. I'm too busy laughing.

[apocalypsos]

Let me put it this way.

Facebook is like a reunion held in Las Vegas*. Which reunion? It's a surprise! You'll be seeing family, co-workers past and present, and people you graduated from high school with, so it's a little bit of everything. There will be a lot of bright and flashing bells and whistles. There will be a lot of people playing Farmville gambling. There will be a lot of boobs on display, and unfortunately you may be related to some of them. You will rarely actually see anyone drink, but oh, will they act like they're drunk. At least once a month -- if you're lucky, it will ONLY be once a month -- somebody you know far too well will say something so egregiously offensive you simmer in uncomfortable rage. You will not have an intelligent conversation the entire time you are there, and you will regret ever having come at some point in the trip, possibly in the middle of buying your plane tickets to get there.

Livejournal is Dunder-Mifflin**. You all know each other well enough by now for pranks and jokes and weird little games that no one else will get. There's that cute couple you watched fall in love ***, and that guy who posts long diatribes about BSG, and that ditzy girl who's all "OMG WTF YAY!" over everything, and that woman who really likes cat macros. There's drama and secret affairs and wide-eyed WTF expressions shared with all. And as long as the douchey completely-out-of-touch boss doesn't show up and start implementing one of his idiotic schemes, everything's cool.

So you can see why Michael Scott the LJ powers-that-be would think a trip to Vegas crossposting to Facebook would be a wonderful idea. The fact that you already have those tickets to Las Vegas a Facebook account is proof that you don't mind taking your boss to Las Vegas and letting him get drunk, draw everybody's attention by loudly shouting about the joys of Las Vegas, and then end the night by publicly licking a stripper's face before passing out showing off that Jensen/Jared porn you enjoyed and commented on.

* My other options for comparison were Jersey Shore, Sarah Palin's family cookouts, and YOUR MOM.
** Completely with lousy general quality in recent years.
*** Your cute mileage may vary.

Comments

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

That is a perfect metaphor. Also, the "repost to Twitter" thing makes even less sense.

[ou-peachus.livejournal.com]

OMG yes. And hence my avoidance of Facebook.

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Facebook and Livejournal are two separate beasts, and they should stay that way. I attempted crossposting once, and it's really not worth the hassle.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Very much so. Are you on DW? I've just been using mine as a back-up archive, but I think it's time to build a friendslist.

[theliel.livejournal.com]

oh jesus tapdancing christ

this is why we can't have nice things

[oaktree89.livejournal.com]

Wow, you are so unbelievably on target about this.

[andraste]

And as long as the douchey completely-out-of-touch boss doesn't show up and start implementing one of his idiotic schemes, everything's cool.

Yes, this. A world of this. I have met so many smart and awesome people here, why are the ones in charge utter morons?

... and there are the comment boxes on this very comment. I'm gonna have to get that Greasemonkey script to turn them off.

[vivien]

This is spot on.

You know, on my home laptop, this is not such a big deal, but I am really worried about fingers slipping on my smart phone and posting fandom content to real life Las Vegas. I mean, Facebook.

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

You are, as always, brilliant and absolutely right and this is everything I wish I could have said yesterday.

[swingangel.livejournal.com]

See, even beyond all this, I truly don't get it. I mean, this comment, for example; how will this comment make any sense as a status update to facebook? How would any of them?

[sardonicynic]

Here via silveraspen, and can I just say: ♥.

[pandorablu.livejournal.com]

A++++++ analogy :) Why does LJ try to fix something that isn't really broke to begin with. If I WANTED to be on Facebook I'd BE on Facebook damn it.

ps... I also got your DVDs :)

[dargie.livejournal.com]

I dunno, one morning I wake up and all this new shit has happened, and I feel like I've been Rip van Winkled (and if that isn't an awkward phrase...) WTF LJ?

Though I have to admit that there's a kind of amusement to the notion of posting my comments to FB when the original posts aren't cross-posted. So that suddenly cryptic messages show up on my FB account saying things like "LOL, I saw you eat that!" or "My deepest sympathy on the oyster thing."

[rachel-w-wings.livejournal.com]

I knew I wasn't the only one who's good on Facebook for her fam and keeps LJ for dirty, dirty purposes.

[tal125.livejournal.com]

/like

Sorry - I just had to.

[jellicle.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's quite accurate, methinks. My Facebook account is only used for playing games, so the Las Vegas thing? Perfect!

[lothlorienbaby.livejournal.com]

THIS. I don't need my boss knowing about how turned on I was by that Arthur/Eames Inception kink meme fill.

[phiremangston.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, my thoughts exactly.

And I don't even have Facebook anymore. But the idea makes me want to hide in a corner and cry.

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

LOL You mean you don't want everyone to know what you do on the net? ;D

[phiremangston.livejournal.com]

There is a very good reason I keep my fandom life and my offline life separate.

There is also a very good reason I am sitting with my back to a wall at this coffeeshop. ;)

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

*snickers madly* IKR?? Do you know how to change names w/o deleting accounts for delicious or AO3 perchance? :s

[phiremangston.livejournal.com]

No idea. I'm still fairly new to posting things to AO3, but I think you can change your name on that.

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

And this is yet another instance where you prove your awesomeness.

I saw those and just...ugh. LJ is my haven from Facebook. I tried to find if there was a way to turn it off but I can't figure it out. Damn you, livejournal.

Edit: I mean, to turn off even seeing the option...I don't have Facebook connected to my LJ.

[genarti]

silveraspen linked to this, and yyyyyep. This is a fantastically apt comparison.

[lavenderfrost.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't even have a problem with the feature if there were a way to turn it off to keep people from having the option of cross-posting their comments they leave at your lj. -_-;;

I can tell I'm going to be using this macro a lot. -_-;;

[origamicage.livejournal.com]

THIS WHOLE ENTIRE POST SHOULD BE METAQUOTED.

[dealan311.livejournal.com]

Linked by a friend of a friend. A++++++ post, my friend.

[viridian.livejournal.com]

I got here via silveraspen, and this is brilliant. Exactly this.

[valerie]

This, this, A MILLION TIMES THIS.

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU! WELL-SAID!

And I have the suspicion that Twitter's Fail Whale is going to be making far more appearances *twitch*

[trillianastra.livejournal.com]

uhhh... what you said.

Seriously. AGREED.

(Facebook is for one part of my life. LJ is for an entirely different part of my life*. I don't want the two parts to meet, thanks.)

*which may or may not involve slash-based fanfiction.

[bnh.livejournal.com]

[sabotabby]

You are my hero.

[azurelunatic]

This makes me laugh. Kind of a lot.

[tfwftw.livejournal.com]

This!

Dear LJ: I have gone to some trouble to make sure it is not easy to trace my LJ back to my RL. I am not alone in this. I know you think you're WordPress, but I'm pretty sure you're not.

Love,
tfwftw (NOT MY REAL NAME, YOU'LL NOTICE)