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[[Flocking]] a page (pronounced "f-locking") means setting the security of a post on Livejournal to be "friends-only". When an LJ user flocks a page, only the people on her friendslist can see it or comment on it. A post can also be filtered to be visible to a subset of the user's friendslist (or "flist".) | '''[[Flocking]]''' a page (pronounced "f-locking") means setting the security of a post on [[Livejournal]] to be "friends-only". When an LJ user flocks a page, only the people on her friendslist can see it or comment on it. A post can also be filtered to be visible to a subset of the user's friendslist (or "flist".) | ||
It is widely considered unethical to copy and paste, or repost, the contents of a page which was originally posted under friendslock. As in the case of private email, if you can see a flocked post, you are on a list of trusted people, and the post is not meant for public consumption. However, if the post was originally unlocked, especially if it was unlocked for long enough that other people made comments on it: the post is usually considered to have been published, and fair to republish, even if it is subsequently locked. | It is widely considered unethical to copy and paste, or repost, the contents of a page which was originally posted under friendslock. As in the case of private email, if you can see a flocked post, you are on a list of trusted people, and the post is not meant for public consumption. However, if the post was originally unlocked, especially if it was unlocked for long enough that other people made comments on it: the post is usually considered to have been published, and fair to republish, even if it is subsequently locked. | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot Wikipedia explanation of screencaps and how to take them] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot Wikipedia explanation of screencaps and how to take them] | ||
* [http://www.freezepage.com/ FreezePage: captures the state of a web page at a moment in time] | * [http://www.freezepage.com/ FreezePage: captures the state of a web page at a moment in time] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 6 February 2009
Flocking a page (pronounced "f-locking") means setting the security of a post on Livejournal to be "friends-only". When an LJ user flocks a page, only the people on her friendslist can see it or comment on it. A post can also be filtered to be visible to a subset of the user's friendslist (or "flist".)
It is widely considered unethical to copy and paste, or repost, the contents of a page which was originally posted under friendslock. As in the case of private email, if you can see a flocked post, you are on a list of trusted people, and the post is not meant for public consumption. However, if the post was originally unlocked, especially if it was unlocked for long enough that other people made comments on it: the post is usually considered to have been published, and fair to republish, even if it is subsequently locked.
Since a common tactic in internet arguments is locking posts which turn out to be inflammatory, or deleting comments, people may take screencaps or freezepages of other people's posts in order to have evidence of what was said, in case it is later hidden.