LJ staff is on the record as claiming that an expand-all-comments/auto-view-as-expanded option would kill their servers, and will therefore never be implemented. They have no problem implementing a "view all comments, but not threaded" option that I have no idea how to use even if I actually wanted to, and they have no problem with that weird "see all default icons when you search for users" thing, but apparently the other one is SERVER DEATH.
I think you can also download your entire journal to flip through it offsite, but I'm not sure if the setup requires you to make it a PDF or not, and that's kinda inconvenient when all you want to do is a straight search.
Third one I'm all for. Even if it was something complicated like "you put in a request to subscribe to the thread, individual commenters must check an extra box or something to approve your request" or whatever. USEFUL for roleplaying, or for generally important posts. Or for LJ staff themselves, for that matter; I'm sure they already have to play tricks with comment notifications to read their feedback, or else nobody reads the comments at all.
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Date: 2006-06-17 05:24 pm (UTC)LJ staff is on the record as claiming that an expand-all-comments/auto-view-as-expanded option would kill their servers, and will therefore never be implemented. They have no problem implementing a "view all comments, but not threaded" option that I have no idea how to use even if I actually wanted to, and they have no problem with that weird "see all default icons when you search for users" thing, but apparently the other one is SERVER DEATH.
I think you can also download your entire journal to flip through it offsite, but I'm not sure if the setup requires you to make it a PDF or not, and that's kinda inconvenient when all you want to do is a straight search.
Third one I'm all for. Even if it was something complicated like "you put in a request to subscribe to the thread, individual commenters must check an extra box or something to approve your request" or whatever. USEFUL for roleplaying, or for generally important posts. Or for LJ staff themselves, for that matter; I'm sure they already have to play tricks with comment notifications to read their feedback, or else nobody reads the comments at all.