PSA

[pauraque_bk]

There are a couple of destructive memes going around.

If you see a form written in Russian with a bunch of usernames, don't put in yours.

If you see a post with nothing but a link that says "This is very interesting", don't click it.

These memes exploit a hole in LJ security and automatically post to your journal. There's some discussion on closing the hole in lj_dev here.

If one of these memes already got you, clear your cookies and change your password.

EDIT: Having read a little more about this problem, my advice is not to put in your username anywhere except LJ's own pages until this issue is resolved.

Comments

[t-winkle725.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!

Its the sort of thing someone like myself can be so blissfully unaware of - and if it's a question of f*%&king up someone else's f-list - of course its a 'should', no doubt about it -

What we really need here, is some sort of lj etiquette community - where people can post concerns like this to a public forum, without offending anyone - just, you know, 'No offence, but...This is stuff you NEED TO KNOW.....'

*g*

[pauraque]

It would be a good idea if it *could* be done without offending anyone, but that's just it-- someone always takes it as a personal affront. Not everyone understands the dif between "I'm telling you why this might put people off" and "I'm telling you what you ought to do because I know best".

Also, I'm sure the sense of what's acceptable varies in the different regions of LJ. I think it's mainly fandom where we get people with HUGE flists that they actually read, and so it's in fandom that whether people LJ-cut things becomes a community issue.