Livejournal question

[demiurgent]

So tell me something?

Why is it that, given that Livejournal is an authenticated system to begin with, you can't set display options in your Friends Page the same way you set them otherwise. For example, why couldn't your Friends Page automatically put in an LJ-Cut whenever someone has a post with a graphic more than 800 pixels wide (or whatever you wanted to do), or more than 1000 words long, or the like?

I mean, given that everyone has different opinions of how much information they'd want to see, or the appropriate types... why couldn't this be given over to their control? I mean, it'd be relatively trivial coding, wouldn't it?

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Not really, since it's *all* images and the size is tiny.

You're better off just blocking single specific images that are too large. The problem is really, really long posts.

(Eric: If it's ever one of mine, post a comment and I'll cut 'em.)

[triskadekaphile.livejournal.com]

As I said, it's all images, or all images over one of two specific sizes. And yes, the sizes are tiny, but for those of us neurotic about how our friends page is formatted, they're the sizes that fit in most styles on most monitors. Personally, I block all images, and I love the feature, so it's a matter of preference.