[email protected] writes:
>It is the right of the owner of a given journal to decide who can
>read any given post of theirs.
Yes.
>That right extends to not having to field questions from readers
>about why a given post isn't open to their entire friendslist, who on
>the friendslist is or isn't included on a given filter, etc.
It also includes the right to be able to declare that a given post
-is- going to the entire friends list -- that it is protected, but not
on a close filter.
Under the status quo (and your preferences), there is no way for a
journal owner to do this; they -cannot- make a post that believably is
open to all friends but can't be filtered.
I have no problem with people being able to set their journal
default-filtered, aka "you might not know who's reading any given post
of mine." But that shouldn't stop people who engage in normal,
non-drama laden behavior from doing what they normally want to do --
ie, send "entire trust list" posts that are clearly labeled as
'protected broadcast', and filtered posts that are clearly labeled as
'filter'.
>How is it "dangerous" for the person creating the filter to have more
>information about who is seeing what they're posting than the people
>seeing the posts?
Of course they should have more information. But in my world, at
least, people tend to post broadcast info under a lock (party invites,
for example) which are -very- reasonable to discuss with other people
who one can expect also received them, and where one wants to be able
to easily signal when this isn't the case.
The status quo is signfiicant here, and one should be able to import a
paranoid, drama-laden journal with the drama and paranoia intact. But
that doesn't mean that the more normal case (ie, the rest of us)
shouldn't be able to do things in a somewhat saner, more open fashion.
Take your premises to their logical conclusion, and one should be
able to hide their trust list. But they won't.
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