[protected with Friends Lock]

Monday, 13 April 2009

[protected with Friends Lock]
Just kidding. I wouldn't go Friends Locked on you.

Friends Lock is one of those things that's great when you use it... but you kinda wish nobody else did. It's like Caller ID... it's great when you can screen your own calls. But it's no fun to have your calls screened!

The Xanga equivalent: it's mildly irritating when you see a username in your footprints and you go to click on it... and the site is Friends Locked.

Then again, if you're having trouble with someone bothering you... you kinda have to use Caller ID or Friends Lock. So there's that. I saw a CSI:NY recently where a woman was being stalked, and she turned to extreme measure to get her life back. The internet can be a scary place, which is why we built privacy features like this.

Have you ever had to use Friends Lock? How did it work for you?

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I've never used Friends Lock and don't plan on it. The only slightly annoying thing about Friends Lock is when mulitple people recommend a post on Friends Lock. Do you think the rec feature should still be available when they post it on Friends Lock?

Or am I getting Private/Protected posts mixed up? Now I'm just all confused.
- 4/13/2009 5:07 PM
- wherethefishlives (message)
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I've never used it
- 4/13/2009 5:06 PM
- Simbathe2nd (message)
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Yes , when ppl decided toEX me to be rude it stopped them. It worked but I couldn't tell were friends request ppl came from.
- 4/13/2009 5:07 PM
- Made2sing4Jesus (message)
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I've never used it, and neither have any of the people I sub to, but it's slightly irritating when people I sub to rec a friends locked post. What's the point?
- 4/13/2009 5:07 PM
- black_lie (message)
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Haha good one. I got confused when I saw the title in my inbox. I haven't yet used friends lock and I hope I won't feel the need to anytime soon.
- 4/13/2009 5:10 PM
- Roadlesstaken (message)
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I haven't used it, but I think it's a great feature.
- 4/13/2009 5:13 PM
- ReflectionsofaLioness (message)
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For a long time I thought [Protected with Friends Lock] was the title of the post when people rec'd them. I turned off my friends lock a long time ago so that I was able to be featured if so chosen to be. It is annoying to have a million people rec a friends locked post and not be able to see it.
- 4/13/2009 5:13 PM
- StewieIsMyHero (message)
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@wherethefishlives - That IS annoying.
- 4/13/2009 5:15 PM
- joyouswind (message)
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I used Friends Lock on my old site; I didn't really want hordes of strangers reading my writing. It was much more personal then, and I wasn't comfortable with it. It was too similar to having a stranger read my diary. Now, I write about mostly different things. When I did use it, though, it worked wonderfully.
- 4/13/2009 5:24 PM
- Blue__Summer (message)
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Friend lock is for little girls that are afraid of their shadow.
- 4/13/2009 5:24 PM
- TheTheologiansCafe (message)
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no - I'll never pit my main xanga on friends lock.
if I had to, I'd get another xanga and only invite the ones I trust abd have that on friends lock-
- 4/13/2009 5:25 PM
- relaxolgy (message)
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I put my site on Friends Lock for awhile a few months ago. I noticed I got a lot of friend requests from people who had subbed me but not added me as a friend.
- 4/13/2009 5:27 PM
- iStephanieMarie (message)
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I haven't used it, but I did have a problem with somebody stalking me on another site (not here on Xanga), so having recourse options when it happens is a good thing.
I hate it too when people recommend a friends lock post. It makes me feel I'm missing out. But that's really no big deal.
- 4/13/2009 5:31 PM
- tulipsinspring (message)
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I've gone on Friend Lock once. Just needed a bit of privacy from a certain person.
It's funny because I submitted an Idea regarding this. Don't know if you or anyone else on the Xanga team has seen the Idea, but if you haven't, here it is:
http://www.xanga.com/ideas/930/friendlockworkingbothways.html
- 4/13/2009 5:37 PM
- fLiPgUy31O (message)
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everyone is all sorts of angry..
- 4/13/2009 5:42 PM
- Kontzicles (message)
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Incidentally, this reminded me that I had a suggestion to make locked accounts completely invisible. It would eliminate the annoying phenomenon of locked recs and give them even better privacy. Win-win if you ask me.
- 4/13/2009 5:46 PM
- moritheil (message)
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I've never needed to use friends lock because I post stuff that most people don't really care about anyway. But I do find it irritating at best to have my universal inbox FLOODED (and I mean that) with recs to friends locked sites. It makes me want to go "clean out" my friend list so I don't get so much stuff I can't see or use anyway.
- 4/13/2009 5:53 PM
- IamDonnaC (message)
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I have never used friend lock and never would...I know people who read my blog via RSS. If I would friend lock then they couldn't read.
- 4/13/2009 5:53 PM
- Kristenmomof3 (message)
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@TheTheologiansCafe - hahaha
- 4/13/2009 5:54 PM
- Kristenmomof3 (message)
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it sucks when friendslocked people do that.. they're free to explore but you can't view their things or they won't accept your friend request.
ugh. can you guys make a "people with friends lock block" so I can block people that are on friends lock and aren't my friend?
No I know, that's pretty stupid and selfish of me.. hahaha
ps, great title!
- 4/13/2009 5:57 PM
- raspberryjade (message)
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@wherethefishlives - no, you're not getting confused, you've got it right. I hate when people recommend posts from people who have friends lock, its so annoying!!
- 4/13/2009 5:58 PM
- raspberryjade (message)
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I've used it; its highly effective for keeping stalkers out. But now that the stalkers have cooled their jets I don't feel the need to have it anymore. =]
- 4/13/2009 6:02 PM
- lovechartreuse (message)
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I keep it on most of the time, for multiple reasons not the least of which being I've had a stalker.
- 4/13/2009 6:20 PM
- faerieshadow (message)
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If I have something to say, I say it. It doesn't matter who sees it. When people start acting stupid, they get blocked. I hide them, I don't hide myself.
- 4/13/2009 6:23 PM
- AudioSnob (message)
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if you're going to put personal information on the net, friends lock wont help
- 4/13/2009 6:30 PM
- Konrado (message)
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