Make freetext module dependent on account, not style

[zvi]

Title:
Make freetext module dependent on account, not style

Area:
styles

Summary:
If I apply ?style=mine to another journal, for most modules the information is changed to reflect the data for the journal I am viewing, i.e. the tags are the tags for the journal I'm viewing. The freetext module appears to be stuck to the the style. I propose making it behave like the other modules, and display the freetext written for the journal I am viewing, not the freetext I wrote for my journal when I modified the style.

Description:
Having the freetext module be dependent on an account instead of a journal means that more people would reliably view whatever info one included in the freetext module (only people using light or system styles would miss out on that info.)

It means that, even though you were applying your own style to another journal, you'd be less likely to confuse the two, because the journal wouldn't say something you'd intended specifically for your own purposes.

If I understand the way the stylesystem works correctly, it means that you could keep the freetext when you changed styles, without having to cut and paste from your previous style to your new style. (Like links or tags, the freetext info would be stored separately from the style info.)

The only problem I could see this having is if someone has been using their freetext to store links or info that they use on other people's journals. I don't know if that's a very prominent use case or not.

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Should be implemented as-is.
35 (94.6%)

Should be implemented with changes.
2 (5.4%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)