This has come up a few times on the support board...

[conuly]

So I thought I'd mention it here.

You can always see your own friends-locked posts. So, if somebody lists you as a friend, but you don't list them as a friend, your public posts will show up on their friends page. We all know this. What some people don't realize is that if you visit this non-mutual-friend's friends page, you'll see any posts that you made friends-locked, or even private. Quite a few people try to see if their filters actually work by checking out the friends pages of various people, and then freak when they see their friends locked, filtered, or private posts. THe freaking out is entirely unwarrented, because you can always see your own friends-locked posts, but non-friends can't.

This make sense to everybody? Please say it does, I know I'm not good at explaining it, but it seems to cause such stress that I really don't want my friends to go through it.

Comments

[rachelkachel]

Makes sense to me, but then, I already understood that. It took me a couple tries before I realized what was going on, but it's really not that complicated...

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I think it makes sense, too. If you log out, you won't see those posts anymore, will you?

[conuly]

That's the idea. If you log out, and STILL see those posts (and you've cleared your cache), then you can worry.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

It makes sense to me.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

The entries on a friend's friends page are a collection of entries with various security settings. You will see the entries you are allowed to see, regardless of your friend's ability to see them.

[xxrosencrantzxx.livejournal.com]

The first time I ever made a filtered post that wigged me the hell out, because I went to the flist of the person it was about to see if it showed up. Then one of my more LJ-savvy friends told me what you just posted. I felt better.

The End.

[conuly]

Yeah, it happens. And I can understand not knowing that. This is why I occasionally make PSAs.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

... which is why I log out before checking my filters by checking out other people's friends page... *g*

[conuly]

Which creates its own problems when people forget to clear their caches, but.

[rachelkachel]

Makes sense to me, but then, I already understood that. It took me a couple tries before I realized what was going on, but it's really not that complicated...

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I think it makes sense, too. If you log out, you won't see those posts anymore, will you?

[conuly]

That's the idea. If you log out, and STILL see those posts (and you've cleared your cache), then you can worry.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

It makes sense to me.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

The entries on a friend's friends page are a collection of entries with various security settings. You will see the entries you are allowed to see, regardless of your friend's ability to see them.

[xxrosencrantzxx.livejournal.com]

The first time I ever made a filtered post that wigged me the hell out, because I went to the flist of the person it was about to see if it showed up. Then one of my more LJ-savvy friends told me what you just posted. I felt better.

The End.

[conuly]

Yeah, it happens. And I can understand not knowing that. This is why I occasionally make PSAs.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

... which is why I log out before checking my filters by checking out other people's friends page... *g*

[conuly]

Which creates its own problems when people forget to clear their caches, but.