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You may have noticed an icon next to comments in your journal, that have an eye with a line though it. This is for screening comments.
You now have a setting on your personal info page that you can use to ensure that comments made to your posts don't appear to the general public until you say so.
You can configure your account to "screen" anonymous comments, non-friend comments, or all comments. Those comments are only visible to you initially, and only after you explicitly view them by clicking the "Screen post" in your comments page. If the comment is good, you can click the eye icon and everyone will be able to see it. If it's a harassing comment, you can either delete it or leave it unscreened. You can also click the eye with a red slash through it to turn a visible comment into a screen comment.
You now have a setting on your personal info page that you can use to ensure that comments made to your posts don't appear to the general public until you say so.
You can configure your account to "screen" anonymous comments, non-friend comments, or all comments. Those comments are only visible to you initially, and only after you explicitly view them by clicking the "Screen post" in your comments page. If the comment is good, you can click the eye icon and everyone will be able to see it. If it's a harassing comment, you can either delete it or leave it unscreened. You can also click the eye with a red slash through it to turn a visible comment into a screen comment.
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Date: 2002-07-12 04:28 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2002-07-12 04:31 pm (UTC)From:Why would I want to make a harrassing comment invisible rather than just deleting it? Actually I'm more likely to leave harrassing comments out there so other people can see what a jerk so-and-so is being. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was actually faced with it, I guess.
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Date: 2002-07-12 04:34 pm (UTC)From:Re:
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Date: 2002-07-13 05:39 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2002-07-15 11:54 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2002-07-15 12:50 pm (UTC)From:I'm not sure how much good that would do, though. The bio pages will always be public. And anyone who found you would only have to get an LJ to see yourposts.
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Date: 2002-07-16 08:24 am (UTC)From:Pretty futile attempt at selective privacy, I know.
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Date: 2002-07-16 04:36 pm (UTC)From:It does seem like a do-able option. Maybe.