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[pez]

Along the theme of reddwarfer's rant on dear mods you have my permission to delete my post if this isn't allowed... I know I've ranted about this before and, goddammit, I now see my own flist doing the same thing. So those of you who do this, please, enlighten me:

( fake cut to my journal hahaha I'm so smart 8D )

What exactly IS the appeal of making a fake cut and then telling everyone that it's fake. In fact, WHY MAKE A BLOODY FAKE CUT? WHY? What has a normal hypertext link ever done to you to make you hate it so??? The point of a cut is to shorten the post, so that people can read in more detail if they choose to. A fake one defeats the purpose. And those who don't know it's fake may be taken from a community to god knows where. It creates confusion.

Please tell me, PLEASE, why do you do this? Thank you.

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[lina-lau.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think fake cuts just look better than a link. :x It might just be me, but it kinda fits in with the rest of the lj friendspage more, and it just doesn't look as... empty and insubstancial as a link? Might just be me though. I usually warn and say something like "Linked to my fanworks journal" or wherever it is in the linky bit though. >.>

But yeah, I get annoyed by jokes about the fact that the cut is fake sometimes, but it doesn't bother me all too much, since I tend to check the address that links take me to anyway, whether they warned me that it will take me off site or not. XD;