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ETA 12/15/2009 10:47 AM: the code has now been rolled back and will not be pushed with the next codepush.
synecdochic has chapter and verse here. Comments are frozen, I believe to the entire post.
This is LJ-specific. NOT Dreamwidth.
* Gender will be a mandatory field at LiveJournal account creation
* LiveJournal is removing the Unspecified option for the gender field. That's right: you get to be male or female. Period. That's it. (Source.)
LJ is now saying "it didn't mean it" in various AmazonFaily ways, but if you want to register your displeasure (and convince them that -- unlike Amazon -- they should not try to sneak this change to LJ in later) go to Edit Profile on your LiveJournal account -- if you have one -- and select Unspecified for your gender option. Then, go to http://www.livejournal.com/contact/?dep t=feedback and politely register your displeasure. POLITELY, boyz and grrlz, because the kiddies who read and process Feedback are not the people who make the decisions. They are often the people who are on the same side of the issue as you are and are yelling up the food-chain about the decisions.
To also reach someone who's higher up the corporate ladder than the poor staff members who have to read and reply to Feedback, also email anjelika@livejournalinc.com -- Anjelika, GM of US operations. She's currently saying they never meant to make that part of Changelog go live at LJ's next codepush, so letting her know personally that it would make you very unhappy is a real plus. If she's on our side, it will give her ammunition. If she isn't, it will give her a headache...
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Tags: boosting the signal, rant, wtf
This is LJ-specific. NOT Dreamwidth.
* Gender will be a mandatory field at LiveJournal account creation
* LiveJournal is removing the Unspecified option for the gender field. That's right: you get to be male or female. Period. That's it. (Source.)
LJ is now saying "it didn't mean it" in various AmazonFaily ways, but if you want to register your displeasure (and convince them that -- unlike Amazon -- they should not try to sneak this change to LJ in later) go to Edit Profile on your LiveJournal account -- if you have one -- and select Unspecified for your gender option. Then, go to http://www.livejournal.com/contact/?dep
To also reach someone who's higher up the corporate ladder than the poor staff members who have to read and reply to Feedback, also email anjelika@livejournalinc.com -- Anjelika, GM of US operations. She's currently saying they never meant to make that part of Changelog go live at LJ's next codepush, so letting her know personally that it would make you very unhappy is a real plus. If she's on our side, it will give her ammunition. If she isn't, it will give her a headache...
This entry is crossposted from http://ivorygates.dreamwidth.org/140310.h
Tags: boosting the signal, rant, wtf
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