Technical note on Twitter / Facebook crossposting and pingbacks

[winter]

Because LJ is a dolt again:

- Pingbacks means that if you have pingbacks turned on and user X has pingbacks turned on, once user X posts a public link to your entry, you get an automatic comment to this entry telling you they're done it. Nothing more. A poor man's Google Alert for your LJ's URL.

- Yes, the placement of the FB/Twitter crossposting tickyboxes sucks. I've said. Here's a temporary cure.

Comments

[alice_montrose]

Thanks for this. I turned the rest off, too. Still... annoying.

[winter]

Very much so :/